Chapter 302 – Infernal Melody
The voice was warm. Velvet-smooth with just a hint of exasperated fondness. It floated through the air like perfume and power wrapped in the soft cadence of someone too elegant to yell, but too clever to ever need to.
Lux stood up slowly, still facing the piano. His fingers brushed over the final note again—just once—like sealing it.
Then he turned with that easy, sinful smile of his. The kind that curled at the edges. The kind that said 'I know what I'm doing. I just want to see how long it takes you to admit it.'
"Celestaria," he said softly. "I thought I'd need to wait a bit longer."
She stepped through the door that hadn't even made a sound when it opened, light trailing behind her like it answered to her presence alone. Her robe shifted as she walked—pure white with faint traces of starlight along the hems, changing textures like silk and wind had a conversation about elegance and agreed she should wear both.
