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Calliope huffed as Talmanes continued his infuriating game, revelling in the silence and dragging out his response. She clenched her fists, her frustration mounting with each passing second. The condescending tone in his voice only fueled her anger, and she met his gaze, her eyes blazing with a...

Calliope's gaze hardened as Talmanes jested about her panic and his forthcoming absence. She despised the hold he had over her, the power he wielded as the source of her life. Every moment spent in his presence was a reminder of her entrapment, her reliance on his blood for survival. Deep down...

Calliope's attention was momentarily diverted from her conversation with the small, sycophantic group surrounding her as she caught sight of a woman passing nearby. There was something captivating about her, an air of familiarity that tugged at the edges of her consciousness, but she couldn't...

Her eyes followed him as he rose, and the frown that marred her brow loosened slightly as he appeared to agree to giving her the blood that she needed. The moment he mentioned he was leaving however, she was surprised that her first reaction was not joy, but panic. "Leaving?!... And you're...

Calliope hesitated for a moment before stepping into the grand hall of Talmanes' uncle's estate. She wore an elegant gown of black, adorned with intricate lace and delicate embroidery, but the discomfort in her eyes betrayed the facade of poise she wore. The opulence and splendor of the occasion...

"I don't have to fight you?..." she asked with an incredulous laugh under her breath as she sat opposite him, her eyes bright with hatred. "We were never enemies until the day you took what you wanted." she growled at him. "You took my future from me. You stole my freedom, you degraded me and...

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Calliope's scarlet eyes narrowed ever-so-slightly on him as he scanned her room, no doubt in search of her secrets, of which she had many. She waited impatiently for him to get to the point, and her jaw clenched as he grinned at her, like he had her life in his hands. It made her skin crawl and...

Calliope set one foot behind her as Talmanes approached her, shame creeping up her neck. Knowing what they now both knew about her condition made her even more vulnerable, and until the blood witch found some way out of this for her, he would hold this over her. Her slender brow arched when he...

The kiss only had a moment to deepen before interruption trembled through the palace. She flinched slightly, and she saw how it caused Xander's ire to flare in his eyes as he stared at her. "Go. Don't argue, just do as I say." she frowned at him. He may have grown close to her over the years...

Calli bathed in her granite tub until the water was cold. She had washed any sign of tears from her face, and scrubbed unnecessarily hard at the runes she now wore. She dressed in a heavy, black leather dress imprinted with dragon scales, hiding whatever sign of her husband's marks she could...

Calli’s head pressed against the door as it closed, her eyes closed as she breathed long and deep. She could feel her blood, or his, thrum through her veins, giving her strength. The thought of her newly discovered addiction made her skin crawl, and rage rise in her throat like bile. She could...

Calliope ushered the girl in and closed the door behind her before turning to rush to her desk by the window. "I need you to to take this across the city, to Prince Luthair." she told her as she hurriedly penned the parchment. 'Luthair, I am sure the news of your brother’s return has...

Calliope was under no illusion of how powerful Talmanes was, but the years following his family's betrayal had twisted him into something cold and calculating, and she couldn't suppress the shudder that trickled down her spine in the wake of the woman's hissed warning. Her chin dipped in...