As Lireal stumbled into the house, exhaustion and shame weighing down on her, she felt a desperate need to escape. She dashed upstairs to the bedroom, where she saw Aunt Nova fast asleep on her bed, the surrounding monitors beeping softly. She couldn't bring herself to wake her. Lireal tiptoed past her, careful not to disturb her aunt, and made her way to her mattress on the floor, her muscles aching and her heart still racing.
Collapsing onto the mattress, Lireal winced in pain, she was so sore, a painful reminder of what had happened. Her mind drifted back to the car-s*x with Asher, the way he made her feel, so good, so wanted. It had been her first time, and despite the pleasure she had experienced, her body had betrayed her, spasming uncontrollably and leaving her sore and aching. But
