Raiden blinked, his golden eyes flashing with a brief rebellion, but then he looked down at my face. He saw the genuine, deer-in-headlights terror in my wide violet eyes, the way my chest was heaving with panicked breaths, and the absolute humiliation burning bright on my cheeks.
Instantly, the feral heat in Raiden’s gaze softened. He immediately pulled his arm back, scooting away until his shoulders hit the headboard. “I’m sorry, little mouse. I’ve got you. You have space.”
“Back up, Ace,” Greyson added, looking at the foot of the bed.
Ace let out a long, ragged exhale, but he immediately reeled his shadows in, pulling them away from my ankles and sliding backward until he was sitting on the very edge of the mattress.
Nate, too, pulled his kinetic hum back into his own body, raising h
