Scarlett POV
Hot skin and that aggressive scent kept pressing in on me.
Soft kisses trailed from behind my ear down to my chest, leaving a string of marks, and he clearly wasn’t done.
My resistance got weaker, like I was sinking into it.
My hand settled on the back of his neck...
I jerked awake, clutching the blanket, and just breathed for a second.
Grabbed my phone. Seven on the dot.
After the ambulance left, I’d finally gotten into bed around four.
Three hours of sleep, max.
Remembering the dream, I tossed the phone onto the mattress hard.
I’d planned my whole day on the plane.
Last night was supposed to be solid sleep.
Jaxen had wrecked that.
First, the middle-of-the-night circus, then the dream about him that kept me from going under again.
I swore under my bre
