His kisses fell like fire, spreading across her skin, scorching, consuming—until she could barely breathe.
Alina lay pinned against the cold stone floor, the clinking of chains ringing near her ear. His body heat wrapped around her like a fever, every breath between them a silent tug-of-war.
She struggled, but there was no escape.
His lips trailed from the corner of her mouth to her jaw, then down the slope of her neck. She felt him tremble—not sure if it was pain he hadn’t shaken off, or the breaking point of his restraint.
His voice was hoarse, slurred against her skin.
“Aren’t you afraid?”
Her breath was ragged, chest rising and falling, but her gaze didn’t waver.
“I thought you’d be wilder than this.”
He jerked his head up. Those silver eyes locked on her, sharp as knives, as if seeing straight through every wall she’d built.
“You’re provoking me?” he asked.
She didn’t answer. Her lips curved—just slightly.
He leaned in close, breath hot against her ear, the edge of a laugh in his voice.
“You’re not scared?”
Alina’s throat tightened. And yet, she couldn’t bring herself to say yes.
In the next moment, her hand reached up—hooking the collar of his shirt, fingers brushing against the nape of his neck.
He froze. His throat bobbed once.
“You should start regretting this.” His voice was lower now, darker.
But she leaned closer, lips nearly brushing his throat.
“What if it’s too late to run?”
The air snapped with heat.
Danger thickened around them like smoke.
He kissed her again, deeper, rougher, almost desperate. His hand moved to her waist, gripping it with a feverish intensity.
Her collar was pulled open, revealing a pale patch of skin just below her collarbone.
He lowered his head, tongue sweeping across it—slow, deliberate.
Alina gasped. Her whole body tensed beneath him.
He stayed there, forehead resting against hers, breath heavy, voice trembling against her lips.
“One more inch… and I won’t be able to stop.”
Her voice was barely a whisper.
“Do you want to stop?”
Silence.
One second.
Two.
Three.
Then—
He laughed. Then he continued kissing her, down her neck, slow but unrelenting, every movement laced with dark hunger.
His hand slipped under her skirt, palm pressing against the inside of her thigh—hot, unshakable.
Alina’s breath caught. Her fingers clawed at the floor.
“No… stop…”
He chuckled, voice low and thick like thunder in the dark.
“What if I can’t?”
He gripped her knees and forced them apart—no hesitation, no mercy.
She turned her head away, refusing to meet his eyes. But a single tear slipped down her cheek.
Above, an old pipe creaked.
A drop fell.
And outside—the rain came.
Hard. Relentless.
Pounding against the sealed window and the stone floor like a cleansing—or a storm meant to destroy.
He leaned down, voice broken and drunk with heat.
“You feel that?”
“The rain’s here.”
She didn’t know if she was crying. Or just shaking.
But her body, caught in his, had already been pulled into that storm.
No warning.
No mercy.
Just pressure. Invasion. Drowning.
Like a flood that came from nowhere and took everything with it.
Thunder cracked above the basement.
And her world—was no longer hers.