Lana's POV
The air in the suite was thick, charged with a tension that had nothing to do with fear and everything to do with the man whose lap I was trapped on. His admission hung between us, a dark, seductive truth. You’re the only one I’m ever willing to show my true nature to.
And I saw it, right there in the depths of his dark eyes. A raw, startling vulnerability. It was a look that said he’d laid down all his weapons. He was handing me the key to the beast’s cage and waiting, without a single shred of his usual defenses, for whatever judgment I decided to level against him. It should have made me feel powerful. Instead, it made my heart hammer against my ribs like a trapped bird.
A harsh, disbelieving scoff escaped my lips. I needed to break that spell, to put distance between us
