He all but made me feel him in every way possible. I was a happily ruined married woman who never even thought of being married or finding a mate, much less to a man like Nikolai. All night long till morning, he made me his way that I was too ashamed to repeat to anyone else around me. What more mortified me was my want and need for him, which made me do questionable things. As dawn crept through the curtains, casting a soft, golden glow across the room, I lay beside Nikolai, a tumult of emotions swirling within me. The night had been a revelation, the tempest that had swept through my very being, leaving me adrift in a sea of newfound desires and sensations. Nikolai, with an intensity that both alarmed and captivated me, had unveiled depths of passion and longing I had never imagined exis
