“What would you have done?” His eyes snapped up to hers, embers blazing. “Next time I’ll watch you fuck yourself, over and over again, until you’re so tender that it hurts.” He bared his teeth, his arms tightening around her. “I want to see you flush like that all over, I want to see you in pain, Aheia, and then I want to fuck you until you can’t speak—until your legs give out and you’re fucking raw, until you shatter so completely you’re not sure you can pick up the pieces without my help.”

