The Scar Beneath The Veil
He was asleep.
Amara lay there, staring at the broad expanse of his back, processing the bewildering reprieve. The fear had not vanished, but it had shifted. He hadn't demanded his due; he had granted her grace. A cold, absolute control had been demonstrated, but also a moment of unexpected, baffling restraint. The immediate terror of consummation was gone, replaced by the profound, confusing reality of sharing a bed with the most dangerous man she had ever known. She realized that even in this controlled, dark world, Emiliano Valenti was still capable of producing the utterly unpredictable. Exhaustion finally claimed her, and Amara drifted into a deep, dreamless sleep, the unexpected prese
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