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    Chapter 3 1


    Seraphina’s POV


    His hand slid from my waist to my thigh, lifting my leg to his waist. By then I waspletely lost, feeling his body pressed against mine. I was desperately craving, pulling him closer, wrapping my leg around his waist.


    “Your kissing skills are great.” I smiled at him, feeling tremors throughout my body.


    He kissed me all the way to the top floor, finally even carrying me in his arms. We entered a luxurious suite, and as soon as we entered, his hand slipped under my skirt, caressing my most sensitive ces. When his fingers explored inside, I moaned softly. “You’re so


    incredible.” he said, kissing me even more forcefully.


    I could feel the chemical reaction between our breaths, this attraction was so strong, as if it was arranged by fate. He quickly unzipped his pants, his movements as skilled as if he had done it countless times, tore off my underwear, and caressed my entrance as if asking for


    permission. He looked into my eyes again and asked:


    “What do you want me to do?”


    “I want you inside me right now.” I responded shamelessly, already burning with desire. I had never been like this before-usually I would have retreated the moment he grabbed my hand, but tonight I promised to enjoy myself fully, to live in the moment if I met interesting


    people. And that’s exactly what I was doing, living in the moment.


    Hearing my words, he slowly entered me, watching me throw my head back, savoring every inch of him-he was really big. He took the opportunity to leave a string of kiss marks on my neck. When he waspletely inside, he paused and whispered in my ear: “Now I’m


    going to move.”


    He withdrew only to thrust back with full force this time, the feeling was so incredible. I waspletely lost, driven mad by his crazy


    movements as he went in and out of me frantically.


    We lost control,pletely lost ourselves, as if nothing else existed around us. I felt my vision blur as the climax began to build, and I


    moaned softly in his ear. At that moment, he seemed to go crazy, lifting my other leg to his waist as well, and I wrapped both legs tightly


    around him. He kissed me intensely, thrusting into me even more forcefully-that was heaven on earth.


    I moaned in his mouth and reached an incredible climax, but he didn’t stop, and soon another climax began to build. I climaxed again,


    more intensely than before, leaving me almost unable to breathe. When I climaxed, he whispered that feeling me pulsing around him


    brought him close to his limit, and soon I felt his burning release inside me.


    “You’re really amazing.” He kissed my neck, whispering in my ear.


    Perhaps it was the alcohol driving me, or perhaps his rich scent made me dizzy. I don’t know how many times we did it, myst memory


    stopped at him kissing me, softly asking what my name was, and I no longer had the strength to answer.


    The next morning, I woke up with my head pounding like a jackhammer, feeling like someone had taken a sledgehammer to my skull. The


    bed beside me was cold and empty—nothing but rumpled sheets where he had been. If it weren’t for the purple kiss marks scattered


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    across my neck and corbone, I might have convinced myself that the entire night was just some vivid, alcohol-fueled dream.


    I stumbled out of bed on unsteady legs, my body still aching in ces that reminded me exactly how realst night had been. The mysterious man had vanished without a trace-no note, no phone number, not even a stray piece of clothing. Even after everything we’d shared, we’d never removed our masks. I had given my virginity to aplete stranger on the eve of my eighteenth birthday.


    “Sera.”


    The voice exploded in my mind like a thunderp, making me jump so violently I nearly fell over. My heart hammered against my ribs as


    I spun around the empty hotel room, searching for the source.


    “Who’s there?” I whispered, panic creeping into my voice.


    “Rx, it’s me-I’m your wolf. You can call me A.”


    The realization hit me like a bucket of ice water. My wolf. Of course! At eighteen, I’d finally awakened my wolf consciousness. I’d heard stories of exceptionally gifted wolves who couldmunicate with their inner beasts from childhood-Valerie had been bragging about talking to her wolf since she was twelve. But naturally, someone like me would be ate bloomer even in this.


    “Oh God, A…” I sank onto the edge of the bed, running my hands through my tangled hair. “I’m so sorry. With everything that


    happened yesterday, Ipletely forgot. It’s… it’s wonderful to finally meet you.”


    “We have much to talk,” A’s voice was warm but urgent in my mind, “but first—”


    My phone’s shrill ringtone cut through our mental conversation like a knife. I lunged for it, seeing Ophelia’s name shing on the screen


    along with a notification showing twelve missed calls. My stomach dropped.


    “Sera!” Ophelia’s voice erupted through the speaker before I could even say hello, pure fury radiating through every syble. “Where the hell did you disappear to? I’ve been worried sick! If you don’t have the exnation of the century, I swear on the Moon Goddess I will


    hunt you down and tear you apart with my bare hands!”


    “Ophelia, I’m so sorry-” I began, but she cut me off.


    “Sorry? SORRY? Do you have any idea how terrified I was? A whole night! I thought someone had kidnapped you or worse!”


    Guilt crashed over me in waves. I took a shaky breath andunched into the whole tale-the mysterious man, the dancing, the passion,


    waking up alone with nothing but marks on my skin and a splitting headache to show for it.


    The line went dead silent. For a moment, I wondered if the call had dropped.


    Then Ophelia’s voice came back, but now it was filled with barely contained excitement rather than rage. “Oh my God, Sera! You actually did it! You had a one-night stand with a gorgeous mystery man!” She paused, and I could practically hear her grinning. “Okay, I’m officially no longer mad at you. In fact, I’m proud of you! After what that bastard Gabriel did, you deserved a night of mind-blowing


    passion.”


    Relief flooded through me, but then her tone shifted slightly. “Though please tell me you two were smart about protection…”


    The question hung in the air like a sword about to drop. My stomach plummeted.


    “Oh shit,” I breathed, my face draining of all color.


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