ANSEL’s POV

A new sound cut through the silence. A soft metallic click. Then another. My body stiffened.

“No…” The word trembled out of me. My head twisted uselessly under the blindfold. “Gael, don’t—”

He hushed me with a kiss to my chest, his warm lips soothing the spots the ice had left burning. For a moment, I almost relaxed. Until I felt the first drop.

Something hot splashed on my nipple.

I jerked violently, a muffled shout tearing from my throat.

The sting lit up every nerve in my body. And then another drop fell, closer to my stomach this time, scalding and perfect. My back arched against the...