Alpha's Hidden Chains
It would be a happy death if the last thing I saw was the way her back arches in response, pressing out and up into that magnificent curve, as if she might be swept away into the night sky by the Moon Goddess herself.
Then I saw it. Just below the nape of her neck, a faint ripple moved beneath the surface, almost like a muscle twitch, but different. The skin shivered, the flesh momentarily firming, as if something were pressing up from within. It was barely a flicker, gone as quickly as it appeared, but it was unmistakable.
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