Forbidden Affairs
he said.
“I was excited.”
He held the door open. “Come in.”
Inside, the shop smelled like ink, leather, and something smoky. The walls were covered in flash designs—dragons, skulls, tribal patterns—but the back room was darker. Deeper. The art there was hand-drawn and brutal. Sacred geometry. Erotic symbols. Spines being tattooed down spines.
He nodded toward the chair. “Where’s the tattoo going?”
“My spine,” she said. “From the base of my neck down to—”