Chapter 367 – One Very Bored Demon With a Calculator and No Mercy
Her lips parted like she wanted to argue—but nothing came out.
"I don't see you as some broken thing I have to fix," Lux added, quieter now. But yeah, she needed a fix. "You're not my charity case. You're not here to impress anyone. You're here to rest. To breathe. That's it."
Ariel stared at the floor. Her chest tightened in unfamiliar ways.
He lingered in the doorway a moment longer, voice softer than before. "One step at a time, alright?"
She nodded. Slowly.
And for the first time in a long, long while—
She almost believed someone meant it.
"Oh. One thing."
Ariel looked up.
"You might meet someone tonight. Another sea being. One of my women."
Ariel blinked. "…Another one?"
"Mm-hmm." He tilted his head. "Her name's Rava. She's a kraken."
Ariel choked on air. "A kraken?!"
"She mostly eats caviar and fucks like an underwater earthquake."
Ariel flushed so hard she thought her brain might reboot.
