BOOK 3: Chapter 42: Bound by Fire
She doesn’t resist this time.
There’s no inner struggle, no frantic justifications, no excuses swimming in her mind to stop her from doing what’s expected of her as a wife. She lets herself fall into it—into the intimacy that is supposed to connect her with her husband. The touch, the rhythm, the closeness. She gives herself over to it completely, but it’s different now. Everything feels warped. Her body responds, but not in the way it once did. It’s mechanical, almost artificial. There’s no electricity running through her veins. Nothing that sparks beneath her skin. Nothing like what she feels when Adrian touches her.
God. It’s already too late.
The deed is done, and now the emptiness creeps in.
Adrian has ruined her. No—he’s transformed her. Reshape
