He climaxed in her fucking her till they were both spent before he pulled out, holding her as the both went to bed.

At dawn, he vanished without a word, leaving behind nothing but tangled sheets and the memory of his rough touch. Elara had woken alone, the emptiness beside her as cold as the stone walls.

Guilt gnawed at her like teeth. She couldn’t eat, couldn’t breathe without feeling the weight of what she had done. She had broken the order’s most sacred rule, her body was no longer ...