Sophia's POV I woke up to sunlight streaming through the curtains warm and golden against my skin and for a moment, everything was peaceful and quiet. The kind of stillness that made you forget the world existed then the memories came crashing back. The party. Marcus. Thorne showing up like a storm car ride the fight in my room. His hands on me, his lips on my neck. The taste of him! Fuck The way he ate me out like a man deprived of food. I squeezed my eyes shut my face burning. Embarrassment flooded through me first—hot and sharp and impossible to ignore. I'd let him touch me and I hadn't stopped him but underneath the embarrassment was something else. Heat. A slow spreading warmth that started in my chest and traveled lower. I pressed my thighs together hating myself for

