ALESSIA
I exhaled shakily and took a slow step toward Azriel. His eyes stayed locked on mine, one brow lifting in quiet anticipation.
Without breaking eye contact, I straddled his lap. His entire body tensed beneath me, and my breath quickened. His reaction always pulled me in. He was the coldest and most dangerous among them—the one his brothers both respected and feared.
A dark part of me wondered what it would feel like to tame a man like him, to make him lose control. His hand slowly dropped from his jaw.
For a moment, he simply stared at me with that blank, unreadable expression.
Then I felt his palm slide up my bare thigh. His tongue darted out to wet his lips, and I gasped softly at his unmistakable hardness pressing against me through the thin fabric.
“Are you scared alread
