Side Story - Horse

One day after Noah left.

I lay prone beneath Kaelan’s chair on the thick carpet in the study, licking his instep.

I no longer wanted to think.

It was nothing more than an animalistic act of taking in my master’s scent and covering it with my own.

As I licked his saliva-glistening instep, I let out a languid breath.

Kaelan’s hand stroked my head from time to time.

His gaze, which had been on the book he was reading with one hand, shifted toward me on the floor.

“Aria.”

“Yes… Master…”

When I answered while rubbing my cheek against his calf, an intrigued smile spread across Kaelan’s lips...