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Chapter 7

Author: Dorian
last update publish date: 2026-04-04 01:45:36

I woke up on the floor.

My back protested first, then my neck. The carpet had pressed faint lines into my cheek. Morning light spilled through the windows, too bright, too normal, and for a second I just stared at it, disoriented.

Then everything settled back into place.

The ache between my legs. The soreness in my wrists where he had pinned them. The memory followed right after, not even a memory really, more like something still happening, his voice low and firm, telling me not to move as if
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