Page 157 of In Violent Waves

“It’s easier to show you. Come on.” Maelys slid from her chair and sauntered to the foot of the stairs, leaving her empty glass behind on the bar.

Lyra’s heart pounded behind her ribs, but she followed. She could feel eyes tracking her every step, and when she glanced in the direction of those eyes, she met several lustful stares.

Her blood warmed, and she sucked her bottom lip into her mouth.

A flurry of noises hit her ears. Moans, shouts of pleasure, and rhythmic thumping. It was a feast of arousal, and she felt the delicious heat pool in the lowest part of her belly.

A pulsing built between her thighs, and the friction of the sheer fabric grew against her pebbling nipples.

The hallway was long with several open archways. Maelys walked to the first door and leaned against the opening.

“Communal room,” she said, nodding inside.

Lyra walked to the front of the door and halted. There must have been ten partners inside this room, all in salacious positions.

Thrusting, riding, pulsating bodies all in the throes of passion. Males with males, females with females, males and females.

Lyra couldn’t imagine such heightened pleasure.TheKnight in Shining Armorhad not adequately prepared her for such deliciously scandalous behavior.

That book was tame compared to the appetites in this room. Lyra gripped the opening and stared with enraptured wonder.

“Wanna see another one?” Maelys breathed, and Lyra nodded.

They walked to the next door together, but Lyra’s jaw was still dropped in surprise.

“Look, this is set up for a specific theme,” Maelys said, leaning against the doorway and crossing her arms. “See.”

Lyra peered around the doorframe to see a female tied to a giant wooden frame. Several males feasted on her body, and she writhed with an exclamatory moan.

“Why?” Lyra whispered as the female twisted in the chains, trying to grab the hair of the male feasting between her legs.

Maelys grinned. “Pleasure.”

Lyra shivered and rubbed her hands up and down her arms.

“Do you enjoy that?”

Maelys nodded. “Occasionally. My appetite changes frequently.”

“What are you in the mood for tonight?” Lyra asked.

Maelys looked behind Lyra at the footsteps of someone coming down the hallway.

“Ridge,” she said.

“I thought I might find you two up here,” he chuckled in response.

He walked to Maelys and wrapped his arms around her. “Showing Lyra the sights?”

“Of course.” Maelys gazed up at him, and he looked her up and down.

“I got us the blue room,” he whispered into her ear, and she closed her eyes.

Lyra shifted on her feet, feeling like an intruder in their moment.

“You guys have fun. I can keep exploring,” Lyra said, and Maelys’ eyes flashed open.

“I don’t want to leave you.”