Chapter 95 – I'm Not Your Toy
Lux studied her.
Beautiful. Dangerous. Familiar.
Flirtatious, spoiled, clever.
Maybe she did have feelings for him. Maybe she was just bored and lonely and using him to distract herself from whatever Pride politics she was dodging.
Either way?
He had to tread carefully.
Because when Sira played…
No one came out untouched.
Lux knew that. Knew it in the marrow of his bones. Pride demons didn't flirt for free—and Sira, daughter of the Pride Lord himself, never played unless she was trying to win something. Information. Leverage. Power. Affection. Sometimes just control for the sake of it.
And that smile of hers?
That wasn't a casual smile. That was a move on a chessboard.
"No," Lux said flatly.
It was quiet. Final. The kind of no that stopped lesser demons cold.
But not her.
