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Chapter 9

Author: Thessa
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Aeliana's POV

I wake up burning.

Not the feverish kind of burning that sends you reaching for aspirin and cool cloths. This is something else entirely. Something that starts deep in my core and spreads outward like liquid fire, pooling in places that make my breath catch and my thighs clench together.

What the hell?

The dream clings to me like a second skin... Caelan's hands mapping every curve of my body, his mouth trailing fire down my throat, the delicious weight of him pressing me into silk sheets while I whispered his name. Even now, fully awake, I can still feel the touch of his fingers, still taste the wild honey sweetness of his kiss.

My body aches with want. Real, physical need that makes my skin hypersensitive and my heart race. The silk nightgown feels like torture against my heated flesh, every thread a caress I don't want but can't escape.

Get it together, Aeliana.

But I can't. Every breath brings his scent... pine and leather and something darker, more prima
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