Kate’s POV
I had been a wreck for days, ever since Jake ended up in the hospital. The doctors said he would be fine, that he would pull through. A wave of relief had washed over me when they confirmed it, but I couldn't deny the nagging ache inside me— the kind that didn’t come from worry but from something much deeper, darker. And as soon as Aziel whispered in my ear, his voice low, husky, filled with unspoken lust, I knew exactly what it was.
He said he was hungry.
Not for food, but for me.
The moment those words left his lips, my body reacted before my mind could even catch up. I was throbbing in all the places that mattered, heat pooling low in my belly. He didn’t need to explain further; I knew exactly what kind of hunger he meant.
He wished to devour me!
As his hand gripped mi
