Then laughed weakly at myself.
One kiss.
That was all it had taken.
One devastating kiss from a celestial Monster beneath the skies of Asgarheim Runevald Institute—and I was completely ruined for anyone else.
Chapter 11-Sten
Walking beside her tonight instead of hiding in the shadows while following her back to the graduate dormitories felt dangerously good.
Too good.
Like some vital part of me had finally unclenched after days of starving.
Because yes, I had absolutely been making sure Amrin returned safely to her room every single night after leaving mine.
How the fuck could I not?
The Asgarheim Runevald Institute was not some charming little graduate school tucked safely away from the world.
Runevald sat atop intersecting ley lines that bled through the multiverse itself. The island attracted power the way blood attracted predators.
And there were predators here.
Monsters.
Some civilized.
Some barely restrained.
Some ancient enough that even the faculty watched them carefully.
My Luna wandered through all of that danger with her head in the clouds half the time.
Soft.
Distracted.
Daydreaming while horrors lurked in the shadows around her.
Completely unacceptable.
So yes.
I’d followed her.
Every night.
Silently cloaked in moon shadow while she crossed torchlit courtyards and winding forest paths completely unaware of the male tracking her from above rooftops and beneath trees.
At first, I’d told myself it was temporary.
Practical.
Protective.
Then days passed, one after the other.
