C51 Soon enough

ALARIC

Her voice still echoed in my head long after she slammed the door.

“Maybe Andy’s right. Maybe I do deserve someone steady.”

God, if she only knew. If she knew what I was fighting every waking second—the gnawing hunger, the curse coiled around my veins, the way every breath near her tested the last of my restraint.

The office was silent now, but it didn’t feel empty. It felt poisoned