AIDEN POV
I should have looked away.
There were plenty of reasonable reasons to do it. Privacy. Decency. The fact that Keres had both hands tangled in the hem of Perse’s shirt and looked one bad decision away from either bending her over or falling to his knees. The fact that Perse was kissing him like that had accidentally opened a door none of us knew how to close.
I should have looked away.
I didn’t.
Neither did Thane.
He stood beside the table, his hands curled at his sides like touching anything might break him out of the moment and he did not want to be saved from it.Through the bond there was no pain. Not jealousy. Not anger.
Awe.
I felt Keres too, all fire and disbelief, shaking under Perse’s hands because she had kissed him first. She had chosen it. She had risen onto her
