Chapter 9

Lyra

My eyes fluttered shut.

And it wasn’t soft.

It wasn’t innocent.

It felt like collapse. Like my body had short-circuited under the pressure of his presence.

Like my mind couldn’t bear the heat that surged through me the second his fingers brushed the top of my chest.

Everything in me clenched.

My pussy.

My stomach.

My throat.

It was like all my nerves had been rewired just for him.

To feel him.

To want him.

To fucking need him like oxygen I hadn’t earned.

I didn’t even realize I was holding my breath until my lips parted and it shuddered out of me like a moan I was too scared to let escape.

Because I wasn’t just standing there anymore.

I was unraveling.

My robe was already loose, gaping, barely covering anything. My nipples were hard… aching points beneath the silk. My skin felt too tight. My core pulsed so violently it was like a second heartbeat between my legs.

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