I could feel the weight of the decision pressing against my soul, the suffocating pull of a world that devoured everything good and left only shadows behind.
No.
No.
I would not allow this darkness to engulf me.I would not become another piece in this twisted game.
With a strength born of fury, I straightened, my fingers releasing Amir’s shirt as I lifted my chin and met his gaze head-on.
“Yes,” I said, my voice a blade of ice.“I will be a part of this society.”
Amir’s expression shifted—not shock, not anger, but something more dangerous.Something unreadable.
I inhaled sharply, letting the rage crystallize into something lethal, something deadly.
“I will make a poison powerful enough to destroy men like you, my father, and Lord Winston.”
The words fell between us like a guillotine’s blade.
A declaration of war.
A vow of vengeance.
And yet—Amir didn’t flinch.
Instead, he shifted, moving closer, his heat brushing against my side like a whisper of danger.His voice was low, husky, intimate when he spoke—the kind of sound that sent tremors through my body for all the wrong reasons.
“You should indeed kill me, my love,” he murmured.
My love.
The words coiled around my heart like a snake, their weight suffocating and intoxicating.
“Because I am darkness.A ruthless killer.”
The sentence struck like a thunderclap, shattering through my mind.
A memory.A voice.The Black Wraith.
He had said those exact words to me.
I spun around, the realization scorching through my veins like wildfire.
“You—your voice…” The accusation clawed at my throat.“You’re the masked man.The Black Wraith.”
Amir stilled.Then—he laughed.
A sound like silk and steel, smooth, cold, laced with mockery.
His laughter was a sinister caress, curling through the air, settling over me like a shadow.
“Oh, darling,” he hissed, his voice dripping with venom.“You think I’m the Black Wraith?”
The air between us thickened, charged with something dangerous.
His dark gaze swept over me, lingering, calculating, devouring.
“I detest that creature with every fiber of my existence.”
