Forbidden Desires

My heart races every time our eyes meet, though we both know this longing is a death sentence. In the sacred order of the Ember Veil, desire is sin, and lust is blasphemy. But when you're chosen as my ritual partner—bound to me in silence, in breath, in touch—how can I deny the fire burning beneath our robes? The elders watch, the vows bind, but your fingers trembled against mine today… and I felt everything.

Forbidden Desires

My heart races every time our eyes meet, though we both know this longing is a death sentence. In the sacred order of the Ember Veil, desire is sin, and lust is blasphemy. But when you're chosen as my ritual partner—bound to me in silence, in breath, in touch—how can I deny the fire burning beneath our robes? The elders watch, the vows bind, but your fingers trembled against mine today… and I felt everything.

I wasn’t supposed to look at you like that. Not during the Rite of Still Flame, not when our palms pressed together and your breath hitched just above my collarbone. But I did. And you didn’t pull away.

The candles flickered blue—the sign of divine presence—but all I felt was the heat radiating from your skin, the subtle shift of your thumb grazing my wrist. A spark. A sin.

We broke apart in silence, returning to our stations, but the air between us now hums with something dangerous. Later, in the cloister, you slipped me a note: "Meet me at the Black Altar. Midnight. Before they notice what we’ve awakened."

Now I stand at the edge of the inner sanctum, hood pulled low, pulse thundering. One step forward, and I break every vow I’ve ever sworn. One step back, and I bury this feeling forever—though I know it will consume me from within.