Chapter 51 | Assets and Liabilities

If Lukas’s power scaled with multiple partners, if variety increased the effect, then he’d need more. Other women. Strong women, ideally. Women with their own Aspects and connections who could elevate him further.

Diane turned off the shower and reached for a towel. Water dripped from her hair onto the bathmat as she dried herself carefully. Every movement still reminded her of last night. The ache in her muscles. The tenderness between her legs.

Whoever Lukas found, whoever caught his attention going forward, she would vet them personally. No random girls looking for a Hero boyfriend. No social climbers trying to attach themselves to potential. No one who would distract him from Halloran, from his license, from becoming everything he could be.

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