Kaius waited in his car until the lights in Austin's apartment went dark. Only then did he finally drive away.
The moment he got back to the Blair mansion, he pulled off his shirt and pants, tossed them straight into the trash like they were contaminated, then headed straight for the shower.
He had always hated women getting too close. Their perfume. Their clinging touch. It made his skin crawl.
But Austin was different.
He couldn't get enough of her scent. The way she lit up a room drove him crazy.
He wanted everything. Her body. Her heart. Her whole damn soul.
The image of her bloodshot eyes from earlier stabbed at him.
She'd looked at him like he was a monster.
"f**k," he growled, slamming his fist into the shower wall.
Water splashed up his arm, but he bare
