Enigma

by RuNyx

“How do you know they didn’t satisfy me?” she mused out loud. His eyes darkened, pupils almost swallowing the grays whole. “Because they didn’t own your mind, not like I do.”

“You could bring gods to their knees, you know that?” he murmured softly, his hands tightening on her hips, before drifting to the corners of her eyes, tracing them like he did. “Just one glance from these eyes would have driven men to murder in old times. Still might.” Salem tilted her head to the side. “Would it drive you to murder?” He pulled her closer. “Oh, little asp. It would drive me beyond.” “What is beyond murder?” “Damnation.”