Split or Swallow (Split or Swallow, #1)

by Lindsay Straube

I never wanted this for you. Tem sent her next thought with everything she had left: I’ve only ever wanted you. Slowly, Caspen opened his eyes. He raised his hand, wrapping his bloody fingers around Tem’s throat. You should only know pleasure. She finished the line: Never pain. He closed his eyes. For a moment, nothing happened. Then something inside Tem erupted, slamming into her from all directions with more force than she could comprehend. She couldn’t take it. She needed more. She wanted it to stop. She would die if it did. It was pain. It was pleasure. It was everything. There was no beginning and no end. The sensation bloomed from deep within her core to the tips of her fingers in a relentless snap of utter clarity. It was like being submerged in a perfectly warm bath—like floating in the world’s stillest lake. Nothing could penetrate the warm numbness that enveloped her entire body. She had no problems, no worries. There was nothing and no one that could cause her harm. There was only utter and complete ecstasy.