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The man radiates heat like a furnace, and he thinks to deprive me of it? I don’t think so.

Smirking, I wedge my toes in even further and close my eyes. “Goodnight.”

Madinia

I’m warm. So, so warm. And comfortable. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this comfortable, and I nestle closer to the heat, surrounding myself with it.

Warm, hard heat.

That heat spreads to my core, a slow blooming that makes me sigh. My nipples harden, and I shift to relieve the ache.

Someone groans, low and rough.

For the first time in years, I feel…safe. Relaxed.

I shift once more, nestling my face against warm skin.

“Beautiful woman, you need to wake up.”

I let out a sigh, my eyes heavy.

And then I’m on my back, my eyelids flying open as Calysian glowers down at me.

He’s leaning over my body, his mouth inches from mine. When he shifts, I feel him, hard and thick and hot between my thighs.

“What—”

“Playing with me, Madinia?” he purrs. “Using your wiles on me again?”

I blink up at him. “Again?”

“You know exactly what you did in that forest, you little witch.”

It takes me a moment to understand what he’s talking about.

Oh.

Convincing him to unchain me. Not to mention, I chained him first.

I smirk. “You made it too easy.”

A growl, and then his mouth is even closer.

“Don’t you dare,” I snap.

He smiles. “Are you sure, sweetheart? You’re giving me mixed messages.”

I freeze, stilling the roll of my hips and unclenching my fingers from where they’ve buried themselves in his hair.

Gods, I was grinding against him.

“I’m sure.” My voice is hoarse, and he gives me a knowing look as he rolls away.

I don’t mourn the loss of that huge body above me. Not at all.

It has been a long, long time since I was last with a man in that way.Thatman was rough with his hands and uninterested in my pleasure. He left with me an ache between my thighs and a heavy sense of disappointment.

If I’m honest, the disappointment wasn’t unexpected. Not once has a man ever lived up to my expectations.