Twenty minutes
Twenty long, awkward, embarrassing minutes of trying to thrust into Valora—and nothing. No spark. No heat. No pleasure. Not even the faintest flicker of desire.
This wasn’t normal.
I knew wolves who had mates but still slept with someone else and enjoyed it. I knew people who were in love with someone unavailable but still managed to get off with whoever they found convenient.
Yet here I was, silently begging every god across the realms to help me feel something.
Valora had climaxed more times than I could count. She was limp, breathless, a whimpering, crying mess, while I felt nothing, no matter how hard I thrusted or touched her or coaxed my body to respond to her. I gave up after a while and rolled off her. It was clear my body no longer wanted Valora, or maybe my m
