Bound By Virtue – Luna Sads

Amara looked him up and down in suspicion. “Mr. De Luca send me to get you to his house.” She frowned deeper. De Luca? “Mr. Kaelith De Luca.” Her eyes widened. Suddenly what happened yesterday crashed into her head. Kaelith. And his deal. She swallowed and shook her head. “Oh. I…I cannot- “ “I’m sorry but you must follow me, otherwise I have to use force.” The man took a step forward scaring her and placed his foot between the door and the wall.

There was no way she could close the door now. Looking at him, she knew he’d break the door. Weighing her situation, she looked her shoulder at the clock. It was still ten in the morning. Rafael would be home late. And if she broke the deal between her and Kaelith, he’d probably do something forbidden again.

She bit her lips and nodded. “Okay.” The guard took a step back as Amara stepped out the door still wearing her grey dress and slippers. The guard turned around and motioned her to follow him. She fidgeted with her fingers as she followed him. Her heart pounded loudly in her chest and her breathing was uneven. She was afraid that Rafael would know. The constant fear was eating her alive. “How far is it?” She asked hesitantly when the guard pressed the elevator button. She swallowed unsurely as she timidly stepped inside maintaining a distance between her and him.

The elevator dinged as it started moving up. She frowned and looked at him. “Why are we going up?” The large man looked at her with narrowed eyes as he grumbled as if she was asking useless questions. “Mr. De Luca lives up.” Her eyes widened in shock as her head completely snapped at him. “He lives here? Since when?” She asked.

The guard twisted his lips looking down at her clothes. He didn’t know why his boss had been obsessed with this plain girl when he could have any beautiful model in his arms. “Since a month.” He muttered as the elevator reached the upper floor. Amara followed him out. There was no one on this floor. And the hallway looked different and more luxurious than the lower levels. The doors were black with gold nameplates. The guard stopped near the door with the number 0801. Amara swallowed hard. Her heart suddenly stopped beating.

he ballroom glittered like a sinner’s paradise. Drowned in gold, silk, and secrets unsaid. Crystal chandeliers bled honeyed light over masked faces, over whispered lies, over bodies swaying to a melody far too seductive for innocence. Laughter echoed softly through the grand hall, mixing with the clink of expensive glasses and the scent of lust disguised as perfume. Yet none of it held his attention.

But them. Kaelith stood in the corner of the upper balcony, a glass of Cabernet resting lazily between his fingers. His cold, merciless, unnervingly patient gaze followed the couple moving across the marble floor below. And for the first time that evening… something resembling amusement touched the corner of his lips. She moved like moonlight trapped in mortal skin. So soft. Untouchable. Dangerously hypnotic. Every step she took seemed to pull the world toward her, as if gravity itself had forgotten its purpose. And the man holding her…

he danced like he had once memorized the rhythm of her soul. Beside him, Lorcan swirled the amber liquid in his glass before tilting his head toward the couple below. “You truly believe this was wise on your part?” He looked at Kaelith. “To let them find each other again.” There was a pause followed by a quieter hush.

“Are you not afraid she’ll remember?” Lorcan’s gaze drifted toward the man dancing with her. “Afraid he’ll take her away the moment he realizes who she is?” Silence answered him. A long… heavy… deliberate silence. Kaelith smiles. And it should have looked beautiful on his angular and aristocratic face. It should have looked warm. Instead, it looked as if death might wear before claiming a soul. Lorcan felt the temperature around them drop. His childhood best friend raised the glass to his lips, taking a slow sip before his dark eyes returned to the woman below, as though the rest of the world had ceased to exist.

“She can remember.” His voice came low. Velvet wrapped around steel. “She can beg.” A dangerous pause. “Even he can bleed for her.” The corner of his mouth lifted. “But he will never take what chooses to stay.” The confidence in his voice wasn’t arrogance. It was possession. Raw. Ancient. Terrifying. Below them, the music softened. The dancers moved closer.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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