The heavy door slammed shut behind him as Lucien stood there for a long moment, his hand still pressed flat against the wood, his chest rising and falling as his head bowed as if the door itself was the only thing holding him back from marching inside and destroying the fragile little creature he had chained to the bed.
Behind the door, the sound of her sobs broke through. The air outside the room was thick with her. Every breath he dragged in was soaked in her scent, the perfume of a virgin soaked with need, her slick dripping onto his sheets, her body betraying her even as her mind fought.
Lucien’s jaw locked. His teeth ground together so hard a vein throbbed along his temple.
He turned slowly.
The two guards posted at the door straightened instinctively the moment his cold silver g
