Sinful Virtues
"When? I was watching you the whole time."
"I told you, Roman," she whispered, her hands fumbling with his belt. "I was raised in a house of poisoners. You were watching Stefano. I was watching the shadows."
He lifted her, her legs wrapping around his waist, the white lace of her gown bunched up around her hips. He needed her with a violence that surpassed anything he had felt before. Tonight, she hadn't just survived; she had conquered the old world.
The sex was a storm—a celebration of life in the face of death. Every touch was an affirmation, every groan a testament to their victory. In the ancient villa, surrounded by enemies and the ghosts of the past, they found their own sanctuary in