I curled up under the covers, my body still burning with the overwhelming heat that coursed through me. Every part of me ached, my skin flushed and sensitive. I was fighting to stay in control, trying to focus on something other than the throbbing desire threatening to take over. I squeezed my eyes shut, begging for sleep to take me.
When I finally drifted off, I found myself standing in a moonlit meadow. The air was cool against my heated skin, a welcome relief from the torment I’d been enduring. I looked around, disoriented, until I saw her—glowing softly under the moonlight. The Moon Goddess.
She appeared without a word, her silver eyes locking onto mine as she stepped forward. Her presence was overwhelming, but there was no fear in me—just the sense of something greater, something an
