My body obeys before I can stop myself. It’s as if it no longer belongs to me. I fall to my knees, his pheromones thick in the air, dragging out each breath I take. All I can think about— Taste— Is him. This isn’t good. This isn’t good at all. My vision blurs, hazy and unfocused. My hands itch to reach out, to touch him, to confirm he’s real, that this isn’t some hallucination of mine. Then his voice cuts through the fog. “Crawl to me.” I don’t hesitate. On all fours still dressed and in my heels, I do as he says. My body feels unsteady, as if I’m floating just above the ground, not entirely on Earth. When I reach him, he cups my cheeks, his cold hands sending sharp jolts of electricity through me. A shudder escapes my lips now. “Look at you,” he whispers, though it doesn’t feel like a whisper. It feels like a command. My nails dig into the carpet, grounding me as he continues, “All that pride, all that stubbornness— Gone.” His words hit me with a wave of shame, but it’s go
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