~ Seraphina ~
The silence of the hotel room was heavier than the darkness had been.
I stayed still for a long time, my eyes fixed on the ceiling, listening to the steady, deep rhythm of his breathing beside me. The air in the room felt different now—stale, cooling, and charged with the ghost of everything that had just happened. My skin felt sensitized, humming with a dull ache that wasn't entirely unpleasant, but it was enough to make my stomach twist with a sudden, sharp spike of reality.
I had actually done it.
Slowly, I peeled the covers back, moving with a degree of caution I usually reserved for sneaking into the penthouse after one of Adrian’s late-night galas. I didn't want him to wake up. I didn't want to see those unreadable eyes in the harsh, unforgiving light of dawn. In th
