A strangled cry tore through the darkness of the elevator, raw and primal, echoing against the narrow metal walls before dissolving into ragged breaths.Silas collapsed over Elara, his body heavy against hers, trembling from the force of his release. Heat still lingered between them, their bodies tangled together in the aftermath of something fierce, desperate, and long denied. Elara clung to him weakly, her fingers pressing into his damp skin as wave after wave of aftershock coursed through her exhausted body.The rut that had consumed them was finally over. For several long moments, neither of them moved.The silence was deafening, broken only by their desperate breathing. Their skin was slick with sweat, the air thick with heat, rainwater, and the lingering scent of pheromones that clung stubbornly to the confined elevator.Then exhaustion took over. Curled together in the darkness, they drifted into sleep.Elara stirred first, and pain greeted her before memory did.Her entire bod
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