I woke to the familiar warmth of Atlas. His room was dark. The mountain wind whistled against the window. I was curled against his chest, my cheek pressed to the steady beat of his heart. Safe.Sleep had been deep, dreamless. The exhaustion from earlier, from the taking, had finally pulled me under.Then the mattress shifted.A hand slid over my hip, firm and possessive. I blinked, still half-asleep, as his other arm curled around me from behind, pulling me flush against his body. His skin was hot. My bare back met his chest, and I felt the hard line of his cock already pressing against my lower spine."Good morning, Livia."His voice was a low rasp in my ear. It wasn’t a question. It was a statement. A claim.I didn’t answer. My breath just caught, a sharp inhale as his hand moved from my hip to my stomach, then higher. His palm cupped my breast, his fingers finding my nipple in the dark. He squeezed, not hard, but with a deliberate pressure that made me arch into his touch. A
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