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009 || Frostbite

Author: Lavender Pen
last update publish date: 2026-07-13 15:39:34

EMBER

Azai's hand shot out like a striking viper, fisting the front of my thin nightgown. The fabric tore with a sickening rip, baring my breasts to the overheated air of the chamber.

I gasped, attempting to scramble backwards on my knees, but his other hand clamped onto the back of my neck, yanking me forward between his spread thighs.

"Too much?" His laugh slithered across my skin like frostbite. "You lost the right to decide what's 'too much' the moment you stabbed me with that dagge
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