Lily Thompson I woke up panting. My body was on fire. Every inch of me was tight, pulsing, aching for something I hadn’t even thought about in years. I pressed my thighs together and groaned softly. “f**k” I blinked at the ceiling, chest heaving. What the hell was this? My sheets were a mess, tangled around my legs. My robe had slipped down one shoulder and my n*****s were tight, pebble-hard against the cool air. Worse, so much worse, I was soaked. Down there. Soaked and throbbing and needy like I hadn’t been in six years. Six. Whole. Years. I hadn’t had s*x since Isabella was born. And that had been fine. I was fine. My energy had gone into keeping Isabella safe and fed, working myself raw at three jobs just to scrape through. I hadn’t had the time or the luxury of being horn

