Chapter 52
The silence that followed wasn't really silence at all.
It was heavy breathing. Racing hearts. The sound of skin against skin as Rhydian gently brushed the hair from Seraphina's damp face, his lips ghosting across her cheek. He didn't move off her immediately—he couldn't. He was still inside her, still twitching with aftershocks, like her body refused to let him go, and his own was too greedy to pull away.
"Fuck," he whispered, still breathless. "I never want to stop."
Seraphina blinked up at him, dazed, her body a puddle of heat and ache and satisfaction. Her limbs felt boneless beneath him, every nerve still buzzing. She could barely speak, but the look in her eyes said enough—she didn't want him to stop either.
He nuzzled her throat, pressing soft kisses to the sensitive skin there, and she felt it—the shift. From ravenous lust to something quieter, deeper. Protective. Possessive.