An Unspoken Claim

It wasn’t frantic.

It was hungry.

Measured. Deliberate. Intimate.

His palm flattened against her back, drawing her closer. Her fingers found his collarbone, brushing skin—and the sound he made in response was a low, broken groan that sent shivers all the way down her spine.

Every slow drag of his lips against hers felt like a claiming.

Every breathless sigh a promise of more.

And when he finall