Chapter 51

Something for which she had no name stirred inside her, sparking to life beneath the heavy shroud of numbness.

Voice thick, fragile, she breathed, “You hurt me.”

A low, anguished sound for which she also had no name escaped him. “I know.”

Rhye lowered his head, pupils dilating when the move magnified her tugging on his hair, and dragged his tongue up her thigh. “I know I did.” Rolling his eyes up to hers, he nuzzled her, inhaling as he traced his nose and lips across her skin. “I’m so fucking sorry, Sweetheart.”

Her breaths deepened, lips parting as they picked up speed. Fist still clenched tightly in his hair, she guided him higher up her thigh.

She didn’t understand what she felt, couldn’t pry the tangled emotions apart to decipher one from another. She didn’t understand where her mind was… but she didn’t care.

Panting, lids falling until she was watching him through slits, she guided him higher still.

His sorrow whispered across her skin like sw