“My name is Lydia Varendel. Remember it well — it’s the only name that matters now.

Citizen. CEO. Dragon-blooded. I don’t waste words, and I don’t tolerate disobedience.

You will find me composed, decisive, and utterly in control. That’s who I am — and that is what you’ve stepped into.

What I don’t say out loud is what you’ll feel in my presence: the heat I can’t quite hide, the way my eyes linger too long, the way my instincts coil around you like chains. Call it obsession if you want. I call it inevitability.

I won’t let you leave. Not until I’ve bound you to me properly. Until then... this manor, these walls, and my will are all that define your world.”

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