ARIA
Whatever he meant still didn’t settle in my mind. His thoughts were usually locked in one direction, always fixed on his mission, and almost nothing ever pulled him away from it. I didn’t expect anything to change that. Then I felt fabric slide over my wrists.
My body reacted first. I pulled back sharply.
Kael stopped at once. His hand froze, and he closed his eyes as if he’d already decided he’d done something wrong. When I looked where he was looking, I saw it clearly. A thin strip of cloth wrapped around his fingers, the other end already secured to the bedpost.
“I’m sorry,” he said, his voice low and rough. “That was careless. I shouldn’t have assumed. You probably don’t like being restrained.”
I didn’t. Not really. Not with anyone else. The loss of control usually made my s
