Chapter 76
Aria’s POV
The silence in the room was thick. Electric. Like the moment just before lightning splits the sky.
I stood before them–bare, breathless, burning. The low lighting painted their faces in deep shadows and soft golds, giving them an almost otherworldly glow. They lounged on the sofa like kings, their eyes on me. Watching. Waiting.
Matteo’s gaze was steady, smoldering, his hands steepled under his chin like he was studying me–measuring how much more I could take. Dante looked like sin himself, lounging back with a slow, dangerous smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. And Enzo… Enzo sat like he was moments away from pouncing, his eyes dark and full of hunger.
“Beautiful,” Matteo murmured, almost to himself. “Like art we haven’t touched yet.”
I shifted on my feet, my skin hypersensitive beneath the weight of their attention. My fingers trembled slightly where they hung at my sides.
“Come closer,” Dante said, his voice thick and low.
I took a step forward.
Enzo’s eyes narrowed, and suddenly he leaned in. “You’re learning. But not fast enough.”
That made my stomach flip. “I’m trying,” I whispered, not even sure if they heard.
Matteo tilted his head. “Are you ready for more?”
I hesitated. I wasn’t sure what ‘more‘ meant in a place like this. But my body, traitorous and aching, already knew the answer.
“I think so.”
Enzo smirked, sitting forward. “Good girl.”
My breath hitched.
Dante rose to his feet in one fluid motion, stalking toward me like a shadow. He circled once, fingers ghosting over my bare shoulder as he passed behind me. I closed my eyes, my knees nearly buckling at the simple, feather–light touch.
Then I felt it–a soft material brushing my skin.
A blindfold.
He tied it slowly, his knuckles brushing my cheek. “Trust us?”
My voice came out in a whisper. “Yes.”
Darkness wrapped around me. The world went quiet. I could hear only my breathing, could feel the heat of their presence around me. Each second stretched, a delicious torment of the unknown.
Silk traced down my arm. I shivered.
“I think she likes not knowing,” Dante murmured, his voice close to my ear.
I gasped as something cooler touched the curve of my hip–ice maybe, or metal? I couldn’t tell. The uncertainty sent waves through me, nerves lighting up like fireflies.
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Chapter 76
My body was no longer mine. It belonged to sensation, to sound, to the hands I couldn’t see but desperately wanted to feel. My chest rose anda fell too fast, my skin flushed and damp with need.
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