The morning light filtered through the heavy curtains of Elias's room, casting a soft, golden haze over the tangled sheets where we'd collapsed in exhaustion the night before.
My body ached in the best way, sore muscles from our passionate reunion, a delicious reminder of how he'd claimed me slow and deep, filling me with his heat until we both shattered. The bond hummed contentedly in my chest, a warm thread connecting us, but as I shifted, I felt the sticky evidence of our lovemaking between my thighs.
Gods, I was a mess, sweaty, marked, and utterly spent. Elias's arm was draped possessively over my waist, his breath steady against my neck, his Cedar scent mingling with the faint floral notes from the vase on the windowsill.
I stirred gently, not wanting to wake him, but my bl
