"Ah—!"
The scream escaped Selena’s throat before she could catch it.
The desolate lakeside acted like an invisible vessel, catching the sound, amplifying it, and then rippling it outward in concentric circles. The echo grazed the surface of the water, collided with the thickets on the far bank, and bounced back, carrying a flush-inducing resonance that lingered in the air long after the silence returned.
Realization struck, and Selena immediately bit down on her lower lip, stifling any further moans, locking the remaining sounds of her undoing behind her teeth.
Lucian didn't care for silence.
He held her in a vice-like grip, one hand clamped onto her lower back, wedging their bodies together until there wasn't a whisper of air between them. He had been holding back for too long. He co
