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His magic called to her, frantic, predatory, longing.

“I can be wild, calculating, playful, or serious... I can be whatever you want, as long as you promise you’ll stay with me forever.”

His tone dropped into an even rougher vibration.

“Give me your soul, Lavinia. Let me devour it and protect it inside me. Nothing and no one will ever hurt you.”

That request sounded too dark, dangerous, and tempting.

A worse deal than the one she’d made with Electra.

A life-or-death pact, eternity boun