Chapter 404 – Make Them Kneel
Lux leaned forward again, closer this time, until his lips brushed the shell of her ear. His tail flicked against her tailfin, teasing, electric. "Then you let me handle it. You don't have to get your hands dirty. I'll make them beg. I'll make them drown in the same tears they forced out of you. And you?" His voice dipped darker, hotter. "You'll sit pretty. You'll watch. And you'll know every cry, every broken plea… belongs to you."
Ariel shivered, breath catching.
[Seduction probability: 92%. Revenge compliance probability: rising.]
Lux smirked against her ear. "Darling, you deserve more than peace. You deserve to own them. To make them kneel. To take every single thing they hoarded and call it yours."
Her tail flicked again, restless, betraying the war inside her. A part of her wanted to cling to peace. Another part—small, dangerous—stirred at his words, a spark long buried under years of fear.
