Chapter 7: Training in the Dark - Elara 

In this Chapter: Cassian insists on a training arc: control drills in the old dueling hall where vampire kings learned restraint; practice becomes intimate—his hands guiding my wrists, his shadow wrapping my flame—power-linked arousal spikes with every successful hold. I discover I can “see” ley currents when Cassian touches me; it’s like our bond is a map.