Chapter 7: The Addiction
The silence in the cellar was heavy. It pressed against my eardrums like water.
I sat in the corner of the stone cell. My body ached. The soreness between my legs was a throbbing reminder of what had just happened. Kaelen had taken me against the wall. He had claimed me with a violence that should have terrified me.
But it didn't.
I pulled the tattered remains of Seraphina’s black silk dress around my shoulders. It smelled like him. It smelled like whiskey and sandalwood and the raw musk of an Alpha who had lost control.
I closed my eyes. I could still feel the phantom weight of him inside me. I could feel the way his large hands had gripped my hips.
The lock clicked.
My eyes flew open. My heart slammed against my ribs.
He was back.
The heavy iron door swu
