CROWN OF VENOM AND VELVET

Defying Fate

Author: Vesper—Elsewhere

Defying Fate

[PRINCE CAIUS TORIN DRAVOS]

I am silent.

Only the crackle of the fire behind the Lord Alpha is heard. Severine left his mind bare for me for a reason. Without any protection from my scrutiny.

I can search for anything that I want, nothing is hidden.

Like a peace offering, one would mistake such actions as a true gesture of meaning.

That perhaps she does ‘care’ for me past her own hunger for power