Arnav smirked, his expression laced with a mischievous kind of triumph when he noticed the subtle change in Raellyn’s face. Her breath hitched, eyes slightly widened, and every muscle in her body tensed, including the most intimate part of her, still wrapped around him. The reaction sent a delightful shiver through the evidence of his desire still buried deep inside her. That sensation also sent a blissful shudder down his spine. Her body was singing a tune of reluctant surrender, but her soul? That was the part he was trying so desperately to hold onto.
Raellyn squirmed, a soft gasp escaping her lips. She tried to rise, to put space between them, to collect whatever fragments of her shattered resolve still remained. But Arnav was immovable, solid, intentional, and wrapped in a storm of p
