CHAPTER 31: Rekindled Feelings
The world fell away until there was nothing but the space between their lips. The kiss was a desperate and hungry one like a dam breaking after years of built-up pain and longing. Selene poured everything into it... her confusion, her rage and the fragile reluctant belief she was too afraid to name.
Caelen’s hands came up not to pull her closer but to gently frame her face breaking the kiss. His breath was as ragged as hers with his eyes dark with concern and desire.
"Selene, wait," he whispered with his voice rough. "Stop. We can’t… not like this. You’re not thinking clearly. You were just…" He trailed off with the memory of her knife against his skin hanging unspoken.
But Selene was past listening. The wall she had spent years building was crumbling and
