Elara My entire body is sore when I wake up for the second time. I blush at the memory of intense morning s*x with my husband. I sit up when I realize I'm alone in bed. I check the time on my phone. It is after 11 A.M. I stretch my limbs and go to the shower. While in there, I discover I have bruises on my body. Zuriel is rough when making love to me. ' No, he f****d us... Hard,' Ara muses. She is chirping and excited. ' f**k,' I mumble the word. My gaze fell on my wrist. There are red lines that are now fading. He bound my wrists together because he didn't want me to touch him. I frown. I like to touch him, but he hates it. Why didn't he want to be touched? His body got so cold when I did, and goosebumps appeared on his skin. I need to find out why he hates being touched. Maybe it

