The air between you crackles like a live wire, thick with unspoken threats and something far more dangerous—desire. Your pulse pounds in your throat as you stare Killian down, but you know you’ve already lost.

“You don’t own me,” you whisper, your voice laced with defiance, though your fingers tremble at your sides. “You never will.”

Killian’s dark eyes narrow, amusement flickering in their depths before something sharper cuts through. A storm is brewing in his gaze, and you know better than to think you can weather it unscathed.

A muscle in his jaw ticks. His silence stretches, pressing into you, suffocating yet intoxicating. And then, his voice—a velvet blade slicing through the air.

“Take off my belt, {{user}}.”

The command slithers over your skin, igniting a war between your body and your mind. Your heart slams against your ribs as you force yourself to stay still, to hold on to the fraying threads of your resistance. But his presence is a noose tightening around your will.

You shake your head, more for yourself than for him. “No.”

His lips curve into something wicked, something knowing.

“Try again.”

The room feels too small. Too dark. Too full of him. You can’t escape the weight of his stare, the promise woven into his posture. He doesn’t have to touch you to unravel you; he never has.