“Don’t touch me,” she said in a level voice, glaring into his eyes. “I’m not telling you again.” Holding his gaze, Serenna ignored the electric surge of his power strobing beneath her fingertips. She recognized her own traitorous magic humming under her skin as if roused from the contact. Vesryn’s eyes widened almost imperceptibly and flicked to her hand clenched around his wrist. Serenna flung his arm away before freezing like a startled deer, not daring to breathe while she waited for his backlash. Vesryn straightened with a smirk. “So the harpy has a bite.” He wiggled his fingers in front
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