Silenced by Desire

Cora's POV

Magnus’s eyes flashed with anger.

"You're scared of failing," I continued, the words pouring out now, "so you don't even try. You have these contract relationships so you can control everything and everyone. So you don't have to feel anything real. You're like a robot, Magnus. You're not fully living. You're imprisoned by your own rules, locked up in your million-dollar penthouse, and o