KYLIE POV
For several moments, I stared at them, my mouth wide open in shock.
Don’t look so shocked, Akira’s voice came to me. Close your mouth and remember this is normal. They know you as Kylie, their mate. Of course they want to kiss you. This is what we’ve wanted, right?
Yes, I whispered inwardly. I wanted them to know me as Kylie.
And right now you are, Akira reminded me. Act like it.
“If you don’t want to kiss us, that’s fine,” Ryan said, breaking through my thoughts. His tone was gentle, but there was something guarded in it.
“That must have been sudden, so I understand.”
As he stepped back, like he was giving me space, I finally closed my mouth and licked my lips. My gaze roamed over each of them and it was like something inside me had snapped. I remembered I could have fu
