Whispers of Heat (House of Pleasure)

Heat doesn't always come as fire. Sometimes it begins as a whisper — a brush of silk against skin, a voice in the dark, a word pressed too close to the lips. In the House of Pleasure, whispers carried more danger than screams. They slipped into the air like smoke, curling around the ears of anyone listening, and once heard, they could never be forgotten. Isolde had entered the library only to escape the noise of the ballroom. Her gown of ivory satin hugged her breasts tight, nipples peaked against the fabric, her breath shallow with restless hunger she did not understand. She thought the library would be silent. But then Lucien's voice came low, velvet, merciless in the shadows. His words brushed her skin like heat itself. The whisper burned.The whisper moaned.And the House was listening.