Royal of Darkness

Previously

…He pulled me closer, his arms wrapping around me, holding me tight. I buried my face in his chest, the scent of him – of dark magic and something uniquely his – filling my senses. The fear was still there, a faint hum beneath the surface, but it was now intertwined with a burgeoning sense of belonging, a thrilling understanding that I was no longer just a bystander in this world of darkness. I was a part of it. And in the arms of this powerful, enigmatic prince, I felt… home. The battle was over, but the real journey, the one into the heart of his shadowed kingdom and my own burgeoning power, had just begun.