Lana POV
I sat on the edge of the bed after finishing my bath, the silk of Luna’s pajamas clinging damply to my skin. Artemis had told me to wait here while he went out, but waiting only made the memory worse.
My lips still tingled, swollen from what had just happened. That kiss.
God help me—I could still feel the press of his mouth against mine. The heat of it. The hunger. The way he’d cupped my face like I was something precious instead of an imposter playing his wife.
I hated it. I hated that I let it happen. That I kissed him back. That I didn’t pull away when I should have.
It wasn’t just a kiss. It was a collapse of everything I’d promised myself not to do. It was betrayal.
But… it was also the most exhilarating thing I’d ever felt.
His lips had been warm, tasting faintly of w
