Chapter 140 – Phoenix Egg
Mira's voice cut through next, cool and sharp. "But why would he suddenly send you a drink?" she asked, tilting her head.
Lux didn't even look at her. "Not for a good thing."
Fiera raised an eyebrow, her eyes narrowing slightly. "What do you mean?"
"Relax," Lux replied, sipping his freshly delivered, actually-safe whiskey. "I already handled it."
He didn't elaborate. Just smiled.
But it wasn't the smile he usually wore—teasing, smug, full of seduction and sin. No, this one had something colder behind it. A silent promise. A shadow of 'don't think I'll forget.'
Because the duke had tried to play him.
Play a devil.
And that?
That didn't end well.
Not in this realm.
Not in any realm.