Compilation Of Short Stories
The thorns of his nature were still there, in the way he held her, not as a lover, but as a collector who had finally found his masterpiece.
He trailed a hand down her spine, a touch that was now familiar, branded. “The lesson is concluded for tonight,” he said, his voice once again that smooth, hypnotic hum. “But the curriculum is vast, my eager scholar. There are so many more languages for you to learn.”
And as Elara lay nestled in the cruel, beautiful circle of his arms, feeling the phantom echoes of him still moving inside her, she knew with a terrifying, thrilling certainty that she would be staying for every single class.