Chapter Twenty-Four
Spin walked slowly down the dark streets. The day had just turned over to dawn. She’d walked all night, her pace slowing more and more. But no matter how slow she walked, Zhi hadn’t caught up to her. She had to face facts; he wasn’t coming after her.
Her lips still burned from the almost kiss. It wasn’t as though she hadn’t been kissed before. But she’d known it would’ve been perfect, and she couldn’t stop thinking about the perfection of what would’ve been. She knew his lips would’ve fit over hers perfectly like they were the key to her lock. She’d hungered for his breath to mix with hers. She’d known just the taste would’ve given her life.
It was the other reason she was walking so slowly. She had every urge to run back to him. To run back to a man that had said ou
