Shifting the Power

"What are you afraid of?" Dominic asked, his voice softening. The residue of Elara’s icy dismissal still clung to the edges of his mind, a strange, irritating scratch he could not quite reach. He turned around in the dim, shadow-filled bedroom, looking down at the woman who had just wrapped her arms around his waist.

"I'm afraid your elite family will force us apart," Lydia sobbed softly.

Her