SHADE
“You seriously think you’re that irresistible? Fuck...”
“I know I am, Avery, and we both know you are already wet for me right now," I said, voice low.
She gasped. And gods, it lit something hot in me.
She didn’t deny it. She just stood there, stunned for a second, cheeks flushed, mouth parted.
And I knew she wanted me. It was in the way her breath caught when I got too close, the flush that rose in her cheeks, the way her eyes darkened—not with fear, but want.
And I wanted her too—more than I should. More than was smart. And that was dangerous.
Because I wasn’t like Blaze, who wore his heart a little too close to the surface, who was impulsive. I wasn’t like Thier, who needed to be understood. I’d always been the one who drew clear lines. Who knew when to stop. Who didn’t mi
