Chapter 136

**Silas's POV**

Tonight was the night.

Tonight, I would finally claim what was mine. What had always been mine. What should have been mine seven lifetimes ago.

Lunara sat at the edge of our marriage bed, still wearing the black silk gown I'd chosen for her. Perfect. Beautiful. Empty of everything that used to make her fight me.

But mine. Finally, completely mine.

"My beloved," I said, my voice soft with the tenderness I saved only for her. ...