Chapter 37 – Tangled in Thorns
The moonlight bathed the velvet sheets in a silver glow, soft and almost holy
completely at odds with the sinful way Lucien’s hands roamed Aria’s body beneath them.
She stirred against him, skin still warm from their lovemaking. His arms were wrapped tightly around her waist, her back pressed into his chest as he whispered kisses against the slope of her shoulder.
“You didn’t sleep,” she murmured, voice drowsy but curious.
Lucien chuckled softly, his lips brushing her ear. “Vampires don’t sleep often. Especially not when their mate’s scent still lingers on their fingers.”
Heat flushed her cheeks.
“You’re insatiable.”
“And you’re addictive.”
His tone darkened with that familiar hunger. Aria could feel him growing hard against her hip again, his hand s
