-SELENE-
Fire. Earth. Wood. Spice.
Lohe's scent coiled around me, wafting into my nose until he was the only thing I could breathe. His heat licked at my skin, defiant against the chill that clung to the room.
He was so close I didn't know where I ended and where he began. His face blurred, but his eyes burned. Brown, ringed with gold, sparking like flame.
"Kiss me, Selene," he murmured, his breath brushing my cheek like smoke.
I could taste him—spice and heat—sharp on my tongue. It prickled. It pulsed.
And I wanted to cave. To crash into him and drown in my mate until the world fell away.
To love him the way fate demands. Fierce. Unapologetic. Infinite.
"Why, Lohe? Why do you want me to kiss you?"
I stood still, letting the seconds drag. Queen Raja's necklace was gone; Sander had
