The cave was too hot. Or maybe it was just him.
Axel’s lips were still pressed to Ivy’s throat when he felt it…the hitch in her breath, the way her fingers tightened in his hair, not in pleasure, but in a desperate focus.
Her pulse thrummed against his tongue, but her mind was elsewhere. Drifted.
She was seeing it again. Deep inside the vision.
His eyes snapped open. He immediately pulled back.
Ivy’s face was tilted up, lashes fluttering, lips parted…not in a sigh, but in absolute agony. Silent!
A tear streaked down her cheek.
“No! ”
He wrenched himself away so fast she gasped, her eyes flying open, dazed.
“You used me,” he snarled.
Ivy blinked, still half lost in the vision. “I…what?”
“You let me feed just to…Damn it girl.” He shoved to his feet, raking a hand through his ha
