The thin sash from her dress had been torn off, used to bind her ankles to the bedpost in a dead knot. There was no escape. Even struggling was forbidden. The arm braced beside her neck was a canvas of bulging veins and bronzed muscle, tensing and relaxing in a steady rhythm. His broad back blocked the light, casting her in shadow, but it couldn't muffle the choked moans from beneath him. A warm f