Chapter Twenty-ThreeAnd the moon goddess help her, the worst part was the shiver running through her spine, the way her skin seemed to crave more of the same.His hand lingered one last time against her breast, squeezing just enough to make her breath hitch, before his other hand seized her waist. The shift was sudden, forceful.With a sharp push, he drove her backward.Her knees buckled against the edge of the mattress, and the next thing she knew, her body hit the bed with a soft thud, the coverlet wrinkling beneath her. Her hair spilled across the pillows, strands fanning like ink across pale sheets.He stood over her, broad shoulders blotting out the chamber’s dim light, his chest rising and falling with the same unyielding rhythm that seemed to command the air itself.For a heartbeat, she only stared up at him, stunned, her pulse hammering wild beneath her skin.Her cloak had slipped, baring the curve of her shoulder, and his eyes, those merciless, storm-dark eyes, followed the
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