Irabel Irabel had never imagined that fate could hand someone the short end of the stick in a mate bond. But with Romaldo, she was beginning to think that in her past life with Maxith, she'd been handed the shortest stick imaginable — because this Ordovic twin, glorious Romaldo, had just rewritten everything. With just a kiss. The moment his lips touched hers, her heart forgot how to beat. For one endless, scorching moment, she was caught somewhere between burning alive and drowning in bliss. Until it restarted with a violent thud when Romaldo nipped her lip, drawing blood. Gods. No one had ever done that to her before. Romaldo kissed like a god! Every sweep of his tongue, raw and electric, driving her half-mad with need and more. His touch, hot, searing her all the way to her

