ARIA
Breath stuck in her throat when he bent down and claimed her mouth in a hard, bruising kiss. Toes curled. Fingers slid into his hair and held on. Somewhere in her head, a clear voice told her this was a terrible choice. The worst one. Now that she knew how he felt about her, giving herself to him felt reckless. Wrong.
But everything inside her was pulled tight. Too tight.
Fear pressed in. Pain sat heavy in her chest. If there was no release, she was sure she would shatter. She needed his hands on her.
“Did you think about this when he asked you to stay?” Kael growled. He tore his mouth from hers and yanked her shirt up and over her head. “Did you wonder if he could f**k you the way I did?”
His fingers dug into her side, rough and unyielding. Her breasts were bare to him, and all
