SCARLETT

The chamber reeked of smoke and blood.

I knelt in the center of it all, trembling, my mark blazing with silver fire and black tendrils. Every breath tasted like ash and lust, every nerve screaming for relief.

“I said bind me.” My voice cracked, but it carried. “All three of you.”

Kael was the first to move, fire dancing in his eyes. His fists clenched, his body taut with fury. “Scarlett, do you even understand what you’re asking?”

“Yes,” I gasped, arching as ...