Chapter 80:Dangerous Desires

(Scarlett's POV) I leaned against the edge of the desk in my office, Alexander’s lingering presence still wrapping around me like a tightly drawn cloak. His earlier glacial gaze and sharp words repeated in my head. Alexander’s bold claim to mark me as Luna of the Northern territories was a move of desperation—I knew that. But beyond the madness of his suggestion was a calculated political game. It wasn’t love. It was survival. That much was obvious. But Roman? His reactions were far from calculated. They were raw. Unforgiving. The possessiveness he displayed today was unlike anything I’d seen from him before—icy and smoldering at the same time. “Scarlett,” Roman’s deep voice called from the couch a few feet away. I turned, startled by the sudden sound, and there he was, sitting with that same stern expression I hadn’t yet deciphered. His blue eyes bore into mine, unreadable yet undeniable. “What?” I asked cautiously, brushing my hair from my face, my other hand gripping the desk