Chapter 34: Bigger Than Memory
The knock came just after sundown.
Not gentle. Not hesitant.
Three heavy thuds against the wooden frame, like the hammer of a war god announcing his arrival.
Lin Mu was already kneeling in the atrium, robe folded beneath him, forehead lowered, body humming with dread and anticipation. The oil from Xue Lan's bath still lingered on his palms. His lips tingled from kissing her thighs. His cock was painfully erect.
She was ready.
He had prepared her himself.
Soft footsteps approached behind him. Silk rustled.
Xue Lan appeared, moving like a goddess descending from her temple. She wore a sheer robe of starlight fabric—so thin it concealed nothing. One breast was completely bare, the other barely hidden behind translucent cloth. Her nipples were stiff, her thighs gleaming from the oil massage. Her pussy glistened softly through the sheer silk, smooth, flushed, and already pulsing with need.
Her scent, a heady mix of lotus oil and arousal, filled the chamber.
"Open it," she said, voice calm, firm.
Lin Mu rose on trembling legs, heart in his throat.