lk

ble pull of his presence and the

whispered, my voice breaking.

where his hand held mine. "Because I d

ed with tension, the kind

ing off him. His thumb brushed the inside of my wrist, a

" he said, his vo

s came. My body betrayed me, l

arm, insistent, and filled with

ungs, igniting a fire in my vein

, pulling me against him as

ould have reminded him of all the r

g all my confusion, anger, and lon

ting against my skin as he deepened the

de that moment

rs faded, leaving just the two of us, entangled

with a fervor that sent a sh

leaving trails of warmth that sear

gers against my skin, reminded me o

solid muscle beneath my trembling fingers g

my palm, a rhythm that mat

intoxicating, and

my lips, his voice low and ragge

meet his eyes, my breath co

o me completely. For a moment, I saw the man I once knew-the one

ha who now stood before me. The one who ha

my voice trembling even as my f

us has ever been right. And yet..." He cupped my face in his hands, his thumb brushing my c

d desire through me, an electric

again, more forceful this time, as if trying

was

ody pressed against mine, in the way he made m

ing me flush against him. The heat between us was unbearable,

ath of fire in their wake. He nipped at the sensitive spot just

and filled with a satisfact

kyrie?" he murmured against my skin, his bre

hort as his lips claimed mine again, silen

e edge of the bed, and we tumbled onto

poken apology, a desperate plea for

tched my own, his fingers finding the edges of

dy betraying every shred

a connection beyond the physical, as if the bon

lips like a prayer, a plea for some

nding and insistent, his hands mapping every

ened to fall away completely, a sh

e was urgent, a stark reminder of t

heavy. His stormy gray eyes locked onto mine, a mix

as if considering whether to i

, my voice barely aud