Underwater: The Silent Luna novel Chapter 101

Chapter 101

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She opened the dress further until the bra beneath was exposed, and his hand came up to her almost on instinct.

The touch made her inhale sharply. His palm was warm. Careful at first, then firmer when she did not pull away. The way he held her through the fabric, the way he tested her reaction, the way his thumb moved just enough to send sensation rippling through her, all of it made her lips part. If she had possessed a voice, a sound would have escaped her then. Instead it was only breath, trembling and uneven

between them.

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That seemed to undo something in him.

Ethan helped peel the dress from her, and Meadow

her arms from the sleeves to make it easier. The fabric slid away bit by bit until she was left in nothing but her underwear. The air from the room brushed against her skin, cool compared to the heat already building in her body, and she felt exposed in the best and worst

Vulnerable. Wanted. Beautiful because of the way he was looking at

her.

ys at

He reached for the front of her bra and undid it, pulling it away from her

remember the last time anyone had looked at her like that. As if she with a focus that made her stomach twist. She could not

every part of her because he could not get enough.

something precious and tempting at once. As if he was taking in

Meadow had always been shy deep down, no matter how much stronger she had grown in Ethan’s presence. But tonight that shyness kept

losing ground to need. She wanted him too much to retreat into herself. Wanted this too much. Wanted him too much.

Then he shifted their positions as gently as he could.

The movement was not seamless, but there was care in it, effort in it, and Meadow loved that almost as much as she loved the touch

itself. Ethan did not let his limitations stop him from trying. He did what he could with what he had, and somehow that made everything

feel more intimate, not less. He bent over her and kissed his way lower, and when his mouth found her chest she arched beneath him

before she could stop herself. His hands moved over her, then lower still, slipping under the last layer left between them.

The moment he touched her there, everything inside Meadow seemed to tighten.

She was already more than ready for him. Her body had been building toward this from the moment he wheeled her into the room and

showed her what he had made for her. The gentleness of it all. The thoughtfulness. The sweetness. The hunger in him after. It had all

worked on her until she no longer knew where emotion stopped and desire began. Ethan seemed to feel it the second his hand found her.

His breathing changed. Something wild flashed in his face. His wolf stirred too, not in a way Meadow could name, but she felt the shift in

him.

Then Ethan froze.

Not physically all at once, but enough for her to notice,

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His expression changed. It was subtle at first, just a flicker, as if something had brushed through his mind and caught him off guard. His

hand stilled for the briefest moment. Meadow looked at him with confusion, wondering if she had done something wrong, but then he

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blinked and the moment seemed to pass.

He had heard something.

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It had been faint, so faint he almost could have convinced himself it was memory. A trick. A longing made sound inside his own head. But

1. He knew that voice. He had known it too long and missed it too much to mistake it. It was Echo. Weak. Distant. Barely there. But

Echo.

“Mine.”

The word had not been loud, but it had struck through Ethan like a shock.

Seven years.

Seven whole years since he had heard his wolf.

For a moment he forgot the room, the bed, Meadow’s body beneath him, everything except that one impossible thing. He stared, caught

between disbelief and hope so sharp it almost felt painful. His mind reached for the voice at once, desperate and cautious and stunned all

together.

“Echo?”

Silence.

Nothing came back.

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