River's POV
Okay, I've been trying so hard not to do this. So f*****g hard not to touch her, not to claim her, not to make her mine since that night at the club when she danced for us wearing nothing but scraps of lace and confidence.
I've been holding back at school, in the car, every single moment we've been together because I was respecting Damon and his mate bond bullshit. He saw her first, he claimed her first, so I was supposed to keep my hands to myself and pretend I didn't want her just as badly as he does.
But back in my room with the door locked and her scent filling every corner of the space, I know she wants me just as much as I want her. She's so f*****g beautiful it hurts to look at her sometimes, all that dark hair and those hazel eyes that see right through every defens
