Chapter 23 – Aura-Bound and Tongue-Tied [WARNING 18+]
The glyph was still glowing in my ribs.
Talraine was glowing with satisfaction.
And I was glowing with... everything else.
I stumbled out of the shrine chamber like a sinner caught mid-confession—shirtless, soaked, and humming with divine feedback. The second glyph had burned itself into me, and the Matron's voice still lingered in my head like a phantom orgasm.
And then there she was.
Waiting. Crossed legs. Folded arms. A smirk that could kill hope and birth kinks.
"You're glowing," she said.
"Side effect of divine MILF bonding," I muttered.
She walked closer. No rush. Just that slow, controlled glide like she owned gravity now. Her violet cloak parted to show just enough black silk to trigger a system alert.
"I felt it," she said. "The echo. The surge. The moan."
"That wasn't—"
