Chapter 589 – Tied to The Chair
They returned to the mansion just before the sky turned pink.
A breeze slipped through the open gates of the Lux Vaelthorn estate, scented faintly with flowers and distant marketplace spice. It should've felt peaceful. Safe. Familiar.
But Lux's legs still ached.
His hips. His neck. His back.
Somewhere in that cursed chaise lounge at Eros's place, he had died. Spiritually, at least. His incubus core had pinged the system with a "you may be overdoing it" notification. He ignored it.
They walked through the main hall together, Lux, Ely, Sira, and Lullaby, each of them in various stages of post-sin daze.
Lullaby floated behind them with bare feet and a blissed-out expression, hugging the edge of Lux's coat like it was her favorite blanket.
Sira still carried herself like nothing fazed her, but the smug bounce in her step was absolutely "I broke him and I know it."
