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// WARNING // EXPLICIT ADULT CONTENT //
This chapter contains explicit sexual content, including scenes of intense intimacy. Reader discretion is advised. Please proceed only if you are comfortable with mature and explicit themes.
[Read on your own risk]
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The pet name, low and deliberate in his voice, wrapped around her like a silken noose. As the crown prince's lips pressed below her ear, Alicia swore he stole the air from her lungs—only to breathe it right back into her with each searing kiss.
His fingers were mercilessly slow, tracing the dip of her neck, the line of her shoulders, then lower… down to her waist. The heat of his palm settled over her curves, possessive, unhurried. When he finally brushed over the edge of her breast, her gasp turned sharper, her toes curling as a ripple of heat unfurled through her.