Because I Can

A soft, muffled groan slipped past Celeste’s lips as she drifted up from the heavy depths of a dreamless sleep. She instinctively tried to stretch her stiff limbs, but a crushing, suffocating weight pinned her small frame tight against the mattress. Dazed and disoriented, she reached down to grab the solid obstruction wrapped like a thick iron band around her waist.

The second her skin brushed t