Silken Surrender

His lips returned to hers, slower this time, deliberate—tasting, exploring, claiming every gasp she gave him. Fingers tangled in her hair, cradling her close. The fire crackled, the night stretched silent beyond the windows, but all of it fell away. There was only them, this hunger, this storm that refused to be contained.

He broke the kiss just long enough to look at her, eyes dark, burning with