[ZEKE] I don’t want to stop f*****g her. That’s the first thing I feel—pure, seething irritation—as I’m yanked out of that moment, still buried inside her, still tasting her breathless gasps against my mouth. A boom. Distant, muffled, but unmistakable. And then, a second one, louder and closer. I still inside her, my spine snapping straight. That wasn’t thunder. Not in this f*****g castle. That was an explosion. “What the f**k was that?” I snarl, pulling out of her too fast, my c**k still throbbing, my hands shaking. Camilla slides off the counter with wobbly legs. Her dress is still hitched around her hips, lips kiss-swollen, eyes wide. But it’s her face that stops me cold. She’s gone white. Bloodless. She’s scared. Not confused, not startled—terrified. Something’s wrong. I wrap an