Chloe lay sprawled across the tangled sheets, her body still trembling from the aftershocks of Valerius’s release. Her hair clung damply to her flushed skin, and her breath came in shallow gasps as she tried to steady her racing heart.

The encounter had been intense, raw, and unlike anything she had ever experienced. She thought it was over, she wanted it to be over, if only to catch her breath but as she turned her head toward the ceiling, Valerius’s hand slid along her thigh, his touch ...