ix'

tasks, organizing supplies, handling pack business-but

e in my body. The memory clung to me like a curse, the ghost of her taste lingering on my lips. My jeans grew unc

I kiss

why did I

was already outside her door. I should have turned back

pped

expression carved from ice. But her jaw twitched, a t

e this time?" she asked coolly.

e pissed and in excellent shape, I imagine me coming back for

out of here without another tongue-lashing? Time's wasting, and I

thrill through me. Why the hell di

d at besting me," I mused. "

expected. No shock, no hesitation-j

hat I want

llbent on blaming me for these kidnappings.

ore speaking again, her voice lower this tim

ned. "

ing I'd rath

over here and share it with me. I w

e beneath me-made my blood hum. But I shoved the idea away. I didn't want to thin

a step

osef

bera

ver her shoulders, ey

the air between us-charged, unpredictable. She stopped a few feet away,

nt to show me?"

een, and brown swirling like

ded throug

bruised family jewels. Indira didn't hesitate. She shoved me backward with surpris

r the force. The ward recognized my signature, reactin

on. My knees buckled. She didn't stop. Th

ck. Then sh

a