[Long chapter.]
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Lucian emptied himself inside his wife after long moments of passion, filling her warm welcoming womb with his seeds. His chest heaved as he buried his face in the crook of her neck, his body still trembling from the force of it all. But then he realized something strange.
Her body, which had been writhing with passion moments ago, now lay eerily still beneath him. The warmth of her hands that had clung to his shoulders faded as they fell limply at her sides.
Lucian froze, suspended atop her, the primal haze in his mind shattering as a terrible realization clawed its way into his chest when he felt she wasn't moving.
At first, he didn't dare move nor open his eyes when he realized he'd lost control of himself somehow in between, and now it had led to this. He'd consummated their marriage despite knowing the danger of it. He could feel her still body against his even without glancing at her.
