Third Person POV

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The bathroom hung heavy with steam, every breath thick like syrup, stretching seconds into eternity.

Aubrey’s mind blanked, then flooded with panic and shame. She wanted to turn, to flee, but her body betrayed her–rooted in place, caught and pinned beneath the searing weight of Henry’s eyes. They burned into her skin, cataloging every inch, every tremor, as though deciding exactly where to strike to taste her weakness.

His silence pressed harder than any words.

Gooseflesh prickled across her bare arms.

“I… I didn’t know you were in here.” Her voice scraped low, dry, her hands flying to cover her breasts in a desperate shield.

At last, Henry moved.

still trickled

said, his voice husky, roughened by desire until

Aubrey squeezed her eyes shut, turning her face aside—but instead of groping her body, his palm slapped the door shut behind her. The click sealed them

The plea was so faint it almost

her cheek, leaving damp warmth like sparks


of her mind, lulled by the touch of a dominant alpha, drunk on the intimacy. Aubrey herself shuddered, her body betraying her with a traitorous surge of

hand slid to her back, stroking in slow, burning passes, a strangled breath broke from her throat,

then she felt

stomach.

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Shadows of

breath fanned her lips, his nose almost

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rose and fell, rapid, unsteady. His too, the strain of control evident in every corded muscle holding

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