ARIA
My fingers had just brushed the button of his jeans when the door slammed open.
The sound was sharp. Too loud. Kael reacted before I could even gasp. He rolled over me in one smooth motion, his body covering mine, solid and fast, like instinct had taken over. For half a second, my heart raced with fear.
Then I saw who it was.
Corvin stood in the doorway, breathing hard, his eyes wild as they swept over the room.
“Hell,” he growled. “I thought one of you was dead.”
His gaze dropped to the bed, to the way Kael hovered over me. His mouth twisted. “You really thought now was a good time for that?”
He didn’t wait for an answer. He turned his back and stormed out, boots thudding hard against the floor.
Kael pushed himself up and stepped away from the bed. His expression had closed
