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Luther’s kisses left a ghost sensation on my lips, a tingling that lingered long after he pulled away.
I’d never been kissed like that before. So much hunger, so much need, like he couldn’t get enough. And I understood it, because it was exactly how I felt. It was strange, yes, but in a way that made something inside me wake up.
After the abduction, I’d convinced myself no one would ever stir those feelings again. Want, desire, passion. I thought they belonged to other people, not to me.
So even if he pushed me away, even if he called it a colossal mistake, I couldn’t stop the rush of giddiness.
I felt wanted. Not like a commodity, not like a piece of meat, not like I had at that auction in the Vipers’ club.
Wanted as a woman. I still struggle to see it in the mirror, past
