Marked By Velvetsin – Chapter Nine: The Ashes of Will
In the smoldering aftermath of his unraveling, Trent is no longer broken—he is blank, and Velvetsin begins the exquisite work of etching her name into the marrow of what remains.
The chamber was dim when Trent awoke, too dim to be morning, too quiet to be midnight. A deep stillness blanketed everything. It wasn’t silence; it was suspension. Like the air itself was holding its breath, waiting for her to exhale. He lay on the floor, naked, cold, and soaked in the remnants of everything she had broken in him. The remnants of his name, his pride, his resistance. Even his breath felt borrowed. The coll...