Chapter 32 – The Shadow Of Temptation

• Alina
• The silence of the night is heavy. The darkness wraps the room like a cold embrace, but the warmth still pulsing in my veins keeps me from sleeping. My body is tense, muscles sore from the brutal training with Damon. Every beat of my heart echoes in my temples, a dull throb of the magic I’ve used.
• I turn in bed, the sheets sliding across my bare skin. My breath is shallow. Damon left after our session, leaving me alone with the weight of this new power pulsing within me. But it’s not just the magic that haunts me. It’s the look he gave me when he challenged me, that dark smile when he felt me starting to master this energy. A part of me liked seeing him yield to the strength of my magic. A darker part of me.