CHAPTER 43: Mere Duty Love
Caelen sank deeper into the steaming bathtub with his head tipping back against the edge. The water was hot enough to burn a human, hot enough to peel skin if someone else tried it but for him it was perfect. It relaxed his muscles, loosened his mind and quieted the constant noise around him.
He closed his eyes and instantly, the whole memory returned… Selene pressed against him in the forest with her lips on his and her hands clinging to him like she’d never let go. Her breathless moans and her body shaking under his touch... The way she finally broke, finally let him in again after all those years apart.
A slow and satisfied smile formed on his face.
Yeah… that night had changed something deeply. He felt it and she felt it too. Her walls… they weren’t as hi
