Jasmine’s POV I stood there waiting for a verbal answer. I wanted him to tell me that he agreed to my suggestion. I needed to hear him say that he wouldn't start an unnecessary war, that he would think about the innocent lives at stake, or that he would at least look into his father's past before blindly hunting down my brother. But instead he closed the short distance between and before I could open my mouth to ask him again, his hands came up to cup the sides of my face and he leaned down, his body pressing into mine, and his lips came crashing down on mine with desperate hunger. A gasp escaped my throat, and he took full advantage of it, deepening the kiss until my head began to spin. Every single piece of anger, fear, and logic in my mind melted away under his touch. I missed th

