LENA POV
Lena's heart was pounding hard on her chest, and not for the reason it had been just thirty seconds ago.
It had been pounding because she had felt… She didn't have the word she could describe the feeling with. All she knew was that she had felt good just being close to Rafe like that, touching him, smelling him.
It felt like… euphoria.
And now it is gone.
Rafe raised slowly to his feet and stared at her with a look in his eyes. "What's wrong, Selene?"
What's wrong?
Rafe had seen—touched—the injury she's been hiding for years. The only thing that connected her to that burning mansion five years ago.
"Nothing," she answered a little too quickly, and Rafe's eyes narrowed. God, alcohol made her stupid. "Nothing's wrong. We should go get some sleep. It's, uhm, late."
And t
