Whispers Of Submission

oor. Seraphine stood at the edge of the bed, wrists bound in soft leather cuffs that dug into her skin with every br

barely

es that had wrapped around her throat like an invisible collar. One year. It was both a sent

half-clothed, his shirt unlaced to reveal the lean muscle be

nding, lit

way his voice curled around her - velvet-soft and edged in steel. Hated t

words felt hollow, ba

sing the distance between them in two silent strides. His fingers brushed the

murmured.

eminder of what had begun the night before. His thumb traced the kn

ready learning the l

ng hot beneath her skin. She hated him for this - for th

is lips brushing th

reath, little dove... but the

her wrists as she strained against them. Kaelen's

whispered.

leather bindings. The sensation was maddening -

he murmured, "are the on

gered in her veins, blurring the lines between defiance and desire. She hated him

why I bound

er teeth, refu

s fingers curled beneath her ch

uld claw me apa

m - wanted to spit in his face and tear free of t

Every fractured piec

his lips brushin

ve. But every time you break... I

threat all at once. Seraphine's pulse thrummed against the ribbon a

ving her trembling i

er leaving hers. "Submission is not given in a

s. She wanted to hate him - wanted to claw at the bindings until they brok

it. He al

d gi

ain had snapp

rs were only j

h Kaelen's watchful gaze. He gave her no more than she could be

ouched her

her cuffs - small reminders of the power he w

e her

de he

de he

glares, teeth bared behind trembling lips. But the fight o

ly by the crackle of the fire. Kaelen's fingers traced down h

e to touch you

beneath her skin, but her body betrayed her - a slight

ly have

His hand trailed lower, brushing the bare sk

y i

ted, but no

lingered, teasi

his voice molten sin. "You want the cage..

control and surrender. Every touch was a

aching and unsatisfied - bound beneath him,

silent and the moon hung heavy in

d g

ye

ave th

ng beneath the weight of the unseen chains. The voice was alwa

it was Kaelen's v

in was alread

wonder if she had ever w