Chapter Thirteen
The after-warmth of magic
Fire spread throughout my entire body, igniting my core. I allowed the heat to encompass my hand. I stared into his dark blue eyes that shone like diamonds, burning straight through me. It felt like the world around us no longer existed. We stared at one another for a short while, but it felt like an eternity. I was completely lost in the intensity of his deep cobalt gaze. He curled his body around mine in a near crushing embrace. My heart stopped and then sped up again. Nothing could have pulled me away from him, because the warmth he radiated was reaching deep inside, further into the depths of my soul…
“Fran, what the hell are you doing? They are still chasing us,” Nicolas’s voice cut right in, pulling me away from those mesmerising eyes.
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