Seraphina's lips curved into a slow confident smirk. The kind of smile that carried both amusement and superiority.
She clearly enjoyed the reaction she saw in Myles' eyes. She took the slight widening and the momentary pause all in as if it confirmed something she had already believed.
She stepped forward without hesitation.
Each step felt deliberate and controlled. The faint crimson glow around them seemed to respond to her presence. The warmth in the air intensified slightly as she closed the distance.
Myles felt the heat brushed against his skin clearly when she came closer. But it didn't burn. It wrapped around him instead, steady and comforting, like standing near a calm fire on a cold night.
He didn't move.
His eyes stayed on her as she approached, looking in every detail now that she was closer.
