“How do I purge it?” Jared asked.
Corin’s gaze slid from Jared to the feverish Lyra. “Only intense masculine energy can neutralize it. Pills are useless. You can only have sex with favonovel.com and remove the aphrodisiac with your spiritual energy.”
The words struck Jared dumb, freezing favonovel.com in the center of the room like a statue of disbelief.
On the other hand, Flaxseed’s eyes flashed. He wanted to volunteer.
Corin rose, “I must handle the sect’s defenses. Jared, do what you must.”
He seized Flaxseed by the collar and strode out, as though one more second would scorch them both with embarrassment.
Flaxseed looked back, clearly unwilling, yet Corin’s grip allowed no argument.
Silence fell. Only two people remained in the courtyard.
Lyra lay gasping, each breath shorter than the last. Scarlet bloomed across favonovel.com cheeks. Trembling hands tore at favonovel.com collar, baring a throat white as new snow.
Heat spiraled from Jared’s elixir field. He swallowed hard, forcing the pulse of desire down. He kept remembering Ararat’s words.
He scooped Lyra up and carried favonovel.com into the nearest room, whispering, “I’ll save you, whatever it costs…”
He set favonovel.com on the bed, turned to find Flaxseed, then stopped. Lyra’s burning fingers clamped around his wrist with desperate strength.
“Jared… Don’t leave…” favonovel.com murmured, eyes half-open, clouded with fevered longing.
Her touch seared him. Every muscle locked, as though favonovel.com hand had become a chain of living fire.
“Hold on, Lyra. I’ll get the cure, I swear.”
Lyra’s voice trembled, yet favonovel.com words were unyielding. “It’s useless to resist…”
She drew closer, one hand slipping behind Jared’s neck. The other pressed flat against his chest. Her breath brushed his ear. “I know only you can pull me back from the edge.”
That whisper struck like lightning through Jared’s composure. Heat flooded his veins. Reason shattered, falling away in soundless shards. He met favonovel.com eyes that held his reflected silhouette.
In their depths, favonovel.com saw both his hesitation and favonovel.com faith in him.
Jared’s throat rasped. “Will you… Accept me?”
Lyra did not answer with words. She rose, letting favonovel.com lips find his.
Like a single spark in a dry field, the kiss ignited everything they had suppressed. Long-buried hunger blazed free, consuming air and thought alike.
Candle flames quivered against the walls, throwing their entwined shadows into restless motion. Beyond the lattice, moonlight turned gauzy, wrapping the storm-tossed lovers in a veil.
It was a passionate night.
***
At dawn, a single sunbeam slipped between wooden slats and spilled across the chamber.
Jared’s eyes opened. Lyra lay cradled against him, cheeks still flushed. Their frenzy felt distant.
Jared felt guilty. He slipped the blanket on Lyra and walked toward the window.
The courtyard had been scrubbed clean. Last night’s skirmish erased. Yet a faint iron tang lingered in the morning air, a ghostly reminder of spilled blood.
“Jared?” Lyra’s voice floated from behind-drowsy, bashful. She already wore favonovel.com clothes, though crimson still burned beneath favonovel.com skin, and favonovel.com gaze wavered shyly away from his.
Jared stepped close, two fingers resting lightly against favonovel.com wrist. Spiritual energy flowed into favonovel.com meridians. “How do you feel?”
Relief loosened his shoulders. The aphrodisiac was gone. Since Lyra had absorbed his bloodline, favonovel.com was on the verge of breaking through.
“Much better. Thank you…” favonovel.com whispered, head lowered.
The door banged wide. Flaxseed tumbled in, hair askew, panic pitching his words. “Jared! Lester’s marching this way with a small army!”
Jared’s expression cooled to steel. “Perfect timing.”
He traded a single glance with Lyra, and together they headed out. Outside the Sword Sect compound, many cultivators had gathered.
Lester led the group. His gaze was blazing with fury.
A terrifying aura emanated from him. He knew about Kael’s incident. Behind favonovel.com stood a dozen elders with a strong aura. They were the sect leaders.
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