[WARNING! Mature Content ahead!]
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"L-Lucien," she whispered, her voice barely more than a breath.
"Shhh . . . ," he soothed, pressing a kiss to the hollow of her throat. "Let me show you what it means to be mine."
His lips trailed downward, slow, reverent, setting every nerve in her body alight. His hands, impossibly strong yet painfully gentle, coaxed her into surrender, stripping away the last barriers between them.
Stephany trembled, caught between exhilaration and uncertainty. She had never known anything like this—the way his touch unraveled her, how his hunger made her feel both fragile and powerful all at once.
And when his mouth finally descended upon her bare shoulder, she felt the sharp press of fangs, the cool sting against her fevered skin.
"This is the mark of eternity," Lucien whispered, his voice like velvet and sin. "Once I take you, there will be no going back."
