Nico went inhumanly still behind me. Suddenly self-conscious, I started to peek at him when his voice cracked out like a whip, startling me. “On the bed.” I followed his order, crawling onto the full-size bed and turning to sit facing him, dressed only in the jeweled necklace. Nico unbuttoned his dress shirt, slipping the fabric from his muscular shoulders and revealing an assortment of tattoos as his steely gaze branded my flesh. The only light in the room was the soft glow from filtering in from outside, but it was plenty to confirm that his body was just as beautiful as I knew it would be. I wondered about his tattoos, wanting to hear the story behind each and trace the lines across his taut skin. The light was too dim to make out the details but enough to see how perfectly they complem
