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LARISA

The bed was cold.

The room was quiet.

The balcony was closed and locked, so I couldn’t sit outside when the sun occasionally popped out through the clouds. A week ago, I was in the most passionate relationship of my life, a relationship that brought me into battle. A beautiful man was beside me throughout the night, inside me first thing in the morning.

Now it all felt like a dream, like I’d never left this room in the first place.

A week had passed, and I hadn’t spoken a word to anyone. Fang didn’t come to visit. My food was slid under the door three times a day. I was back to exactly where I started, heartbroken after another betrayal.

I left the bed and knocked loudly on the door, so lonely I felt my mind decay. “I want to see Fang.” I knew there were guards on the other side, positioned to watch me day and night, to make sure I rotted all alone.

There was no response, but moments later, the part of the door used to issue food was lifted, and a snake slithered into my bedchambers. It took a full minute for his entire body to pass through because he was so long.

We sat together in the seating area, the coffee table between us.

I wanted his company, but now that we were together, I didn’t know what to say.

He looked at the cards on the table.Been practicing?

Not that it will make a difference…I released a quiet chuckle.

He used his tail to gather the cards and shuffle them before he distributed them between us. He brought his cards close and looked at his hand.

I grabbed my cards even though my heart wasn’t in it.

We played in silence, and as always, the snake kicked my ass.

Are you okay?

I shrugged. “Why haven’t you come to visit me?”

I assumed you didn’t want to see me.

“Why wouldn’t I?”