Rosalie’s POVThe warmth of his palm left a searing trail across my skin, moving lower and lower until his long, calloused fingers hovered precisely at the damp, sensitive edge of my opening.A sudden, paralyzing shockwave of pure terror crashed through my chest, instantly freezing the air in my lungs. My heart violently seized. My mind flashed back to the brutal agony of our first night after the coronation—the memory of him pinning me to the wall, threatening to tear me apart. He hadn’t attempted to cross that final, definitive boundary since then, but standing here, trapped and naked beneath him, I knew the time had come. He was an apex predator; he wouldn’t keep me a virgin for long.*He’s going to rip me open. Right here. Right now.*The sheer, primitive fright robbed me of my voice. I couldn’t speak, couldn’t breathe, couldn’t utter a single logical argument. With a desperate, trembling surge of strength, I forced my right hand free from his grip, reaching
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