LUCIEN
The traces of her heavy, yet soft breath still lingered on my skin.
Each step I took away from the training ground felt quite heavy. Even though my pulse remained steady, my mind was in a state of chaos.
I could still feel her— the warmth of her waist beneath my palm, the drumming of her beating heart, the scent of moonlight and danger clinging to her hair… It all tightened my body in ways I had never felt before.
‘Damn it all!’ I couldn’t help but curse under my breath. ‘I should never have touched her like that.’
I stepped into my chamber, and immediately stepped into the shower. The cold water touched my burning skin like a hum, making my eyes close at the soothing sensation, and immediately her delicate features jumped before my eyes— her rare eyes, that damned
