"Ah—hn…"
The sound that escaped Victoria's lips was somewhere between a gasp and a moan... sharp, involuntary, shocked by its own intensity.
Her hands braced against the marble countertop, knuckles white, breath coming fast as sensation rippled through her body from where Alex's fingers had touched the side of her neck.
Just a touch. Barely any pressure. Three seconds at most... yet her body reacted like he'd set fire to her nerves.
"Oh my God," Victoria breathed, her voice unsteady in a way that would have embarrassed her if she'd had the presence of mind to care.
"What... what was that?"
Victoria whispered, and there was no accusation in it. Just genuine wonder mixed with something that might have been need.
Alex stood behind her in the bathroom's early morning light, his reflection visible in the mirror beside hers.
His Enhanced body was relaxed, controlled, but his eyes held something that might have been satisfaction mixed with curiosity.
