The need to prove to Brayden that I was going to break all those levels of betrayal he had set as tests was so strong in my mind that, as I found myself relaxing in Niko's company and told him that Brayden needed showing I was not to be trusted, just as he thought, I pulled him to the privacy of the trees and placed my lips to his. It was so spur of the moment. I wasn't even sure where it came from, and I heard the small gasp that left Niko's mouth as my lips found his, but he did not push me away, and his kiss felt oddly good...
Niko may be a warrior, but his lips were soft... tender against my own, and there was no roughness in the way that he kissed me back. I surrendered to the kiss. Allowing myself to kiss him for a moment, until I realized what I was doing. Realizing it may not be
