(Caius)
Isla's fingers stayed around my wrist while the room went quiet around us. Not empty quiet. The kind that made every breath between us feel too close.
She looked up at me without lowering her eyes, and that alone did something to me I didn't have a name for. My attention dropped to her mouth for one second. She noticed. Of course she noticed. A small change crossed her face before she stepped closer, slow enough to make it worse.
Vorak pushed hard beneath my skin.
'Kiss her before I take control from you.'
My jaw tightened. Isla's hand moved from my wrist to my chest. The second she touched me, the bond pulled so hard I had to draw in a controlled breath. She felt it too. Her fingers tightened in my shirt, and her eyes stayed on mine like she was waiting. Not afraid. Not uncer
