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His lips grazed the column of her neck, slow, deliberate drags of heat that made her shiver. One hand cupped the soft weight beneath her breast, thumb sweeping just beneath the stiff peak, teasing without mercy. The other hand had slipped lower, past the trembling edge of her navel, beneath the waistband of her panties (she hadn't shaved, hadn't prepared in that way, but none of it mattered). His fingers found warm, slick evidence of how ready she was, a single bead of wetness that made him exhale against her skin.
He didn't make her wait.
His middle finger traced the seam of her, parting swollen folds, gathering her wetness before pressing inside with one smooth, unhurried glide. Aurilia's breath fractured. The stone she'd tried so hard to be finally melted; a low, helpless moan spilled into the darkness, sharp and sweet, shattering the quiet.
He let the sound hang there for a heartbeat, then withdrew his finger, denying her the rhythm she suddenly craved. Both hands moved to the bunched fabric at her collarbones. A gentle tug at the hem and she lifted her arms without thinking, helping him strip the top away completely. In seconds she wore nothing but the thin, soaked panties clinging to her hips.
The room was far from any road, deep in the woods, wrapped in night so thick it felt like velvet. Only a single lantern burned on the low table, its flame turned down to almost nothing. Now he reached for it, lifted the glass, and turned the wick higher. A warm, golden pool of light spilled across the bed.
And there she was.
Aurilia, glowing in the half-dark, skin lit like warm honey. Her breasts rose and fell with each ragged breath (full, perfect, carved as though by someone who understood worship). Her nipples stood hard and dark, begging for the mouth that hovered just above them. The dim light painted soft shadows beneath each curve, traced the tremor in her ribcage, the frantic flutter at her throat.
She was naked to his gaze now, almost entirely, and the look in his eyes said the real journey was only just beginning.