Lumina pushed herself up from the tangled sheets, every muscle in her body singing with a deep, delicious ache.
The first round had left her boneless and flushed, but the tender soreness between her thighs and the faint bruises blooming on her hips and breasts were delicious reminders of how brutally Ashen had claimed her all night.
She reached for the quilt, wrapping it around her naked body like fragile armor, though it did nothing to hide the love bites and fingerprints he had painted across her skin.
"I need to have my bath," she said, voice still husky from screaming his name. She took one step toward the small adjoining bathing room.
"I have left the realm for many hours now and Stella will be…" Her words died the instant strong arms banded around her waist from behind, yanking her back against a hard, scorching chest.
