Anchored in Blood

Declan

Lia steps toward me—not with the liquid grace of a predator stalking prey, but like gravity itself bends toward me now. Her fingers twitch at her sides as smoke curls from them—Lucius' stolen magic roiling under her skin. Our bond thrums not with warmth but a jagged current that scrapes raw against my ribs.

Come closer, it hums—a command not mine nor hers—it comes from something that's stil