Valerie’s POV I felt myself being lifted off the couch as I came back from the land of bliss. Snuggling my head onto his chest, I breathed in trying to find his scent, but it was mixed with something else, and I couldn’t quite place it. I was feeling slightly drugged, but happy. Which was probably the reason why my senses were going a bit haywire. Everything Aries had tried to teach me finally made sense! The rush of happy hormones was an incredible feeling, and the pain wasn’t as painful as I feared. “How are you feeling?” He sounded happy with himself as he put me down on the bed in the middle of the room, and I heard a bottle cap open. “Good … Really good.” I grinned, then gasped as the cold cream in his hand touched my skin. He massaged it everywhere the whip left marks, and turned