In the dawn-lit infirmary, Patrick Gallagher keeps Camille Dunmore's examinations longer than any other on his rounds. Her milk-swollen breasts mark her as the guardianship candidate who could save the orphaned ward, yet his clinical authority now stirs with the need to take more than her vital signs.

The documents on the table require his report, but every assessment pulls him toward the forbidden. He must examine her fully, milk the heavy fullness from her body, and claim the yielding she offers beneath her guarded fear of loss.

The examination table is where every one of these visits ends. How far will his duty carry him before control slips entirely?