CHAPTER 18
LEILA’S POV
My breath caught even before I realized it, my heart skipping and then rapidly beating behind my rib cage. The warmth of his lips on mine was startlingly electric, like a current running through my nerves. My body tensed beneath his touch, eyes wide open like a deer caught in headlights as my mind frantically tried to process what was happening. But beneath all that confusion, a familiar feeling that I’d been trying to suppress all week reared its ugly head.
Longing
Desire
Need
Want
Slowly, my eyes closed, and I felt the intensity of our kiss. It was overwhelming, almost threatening. My skin prickled as I responded to him in the best way I could. My hands clung to him, gripping the lapels of his jacket as he ravished my lips. Then the bond tugged—hard—spiking
