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Sweeping a leg over the tub, I sighed as everyinto the hot water

The heat cushioned ainst thethe reo of everything, drifting in happiness I’d won I’d done it I’d survived

Then so war sweet

"Tess?"

That voice All depth and gravel and sinfully French

I stretched as the one syllable of my name echoed in my limbs I’d never felt a word before, but I did now, and I wanted more I wanted sonnets whispered in my ears I wanted lullabies murmured in my mouth

I openedseeer saw darkness; I saw fractures of light, sparkles, glitter in the grey

"Wow," I whispered

So touched my cheek; I shivered instantaneously It was too hrays directly into my heart

My eyes travelled up and I blinked

He was stunning

He was dazzling

He was poetically spectacular

Q’s gorgeous lips spread into a gentle slooasped as a rush of lust intoxicated , scru toand desiring

His jaw held tiny droplets, his nad chest spangling with grey and silver rainbows I beca down his abs

Those abs!

His tattoo ca free fro clouds and barbwire

I couldn’t look away, coic Q perfor pinched hing heavily How could one person carry so much?

"Pain and need and love and confusion," I whispered His soul reached through his jade eyes, drenchingat the shock of how sue

Desire unfurled faster and faster in uish and handso Lusty Powerful Consu my back as water lapped around ood I felt I’d never been so warm or contended or horny

My eyes snapped to Q’s Him I had to have him

"You’re so beautiful," Imine Slowly, his lips turned up into half a sether I couldn’t stopI’d been cursed or charmed--some sort of potion lived inside I had no other explanation for howmyself headfirst into whatever spell I was trapped in My voice fell fro like a bell Was that truly ht fro Beauty who’d been woken by her prince?

My eyes locked onto Q’s No I was the one who’d fallen head over heels for a beast who spoke in foreign tongues

Tongue

A flush of heat and wetness built between ue on ers clawing at my hips I wanted to be used, bruised, adored

Q cocked his head, chuckling under his breath "I think Franco miscalculated the dose"

I shook my head I didn’t understand All I understood was his voice had the power to hin my veins

I needed to be touched I needed to be kissed

Kiss hiht, I splashed a wave over the tub Q jerked back, but wasn’t fast enough Wrapping ed hi his ar on either side of my body

His mouth opened to curse, but I shatever he said My lips stole his, and the moment I tasted him, I went a littleto be filled My eyes rolled back at the sheer bliss of kissing

He tasted like freedoical world before the cloud in my brain shness I wanted his whips and chains and feral love I wanted hiave ue into hisinto his hair, tugging with sharp-laced desire His mouth opened, either in shock or passion--I didn’t hesitate I thrusts Q

I wanted to cry at the deliciousness of the kiss His lips His heat The silky, satiny wetness The scorching, sizzling heatness

Oh, God My core burned; roaned as I bit his bottohis sculptured cheekbones, rasping ue lashed out, licking, teasing His body leaned closer, pushing me further into the water His hands on either side ofer existed in e was full of ny their lustful dust

"Q…" I needed his touch I needed his ing shness from his five o’ clock shadow His head tilted to kiss lorious rash from his mouth on mine

I never wanted the kiss to end