The nighttime view of the Harbour outside the window was still awash in glitz and glamour, dazzling as a sea of stars. Most of the lights inside had gone out at some point, leaving the room dim and thick with an air of intimacy.
The two of them possessed each other fiercely, completely, with wild abandon.
Tingling heat burned from the spinal cord to every nerve ending.
The quiet space amplified their tangled, rising and falling breaths—one deep, one rushed.
Serena sat straddling Adrian, feeling as if the blaze of city lights outside had set fire to her heart, burning fiercely behind her ribs; the look in her eyes grew ever more passionate—it was both the shy, misty yearning of a girl and the profound love of a woman who had weathered many journeys.
The shifting, obscure light inside reflected into their eyes, filled with desire and longing, turning into the perfect catalyst.
