Chapter 12 Early Morning, Day Two

• I woke up slowly.
• The first sensation I felt was pain.
• Pain that resided within every muscle fiber and every part of my anatomy. I was completely used, my body bearing the evidence of the night. Hips marked, thighs tender, soft flesh still sensitive due to the way Gabriel had taken me the previous night. The sheets around me were soft and luxurious, but they reeked of sex and of him. Oud. Clean skin. Salt air. And the unmistakable smell of what we had done.