Mirellie
The loud ringing shattered the fragile quiet between us so suddenly that I nearly jumped. Evander stiffened instantly against me. Then he pulled away so fast it almost felt violent.
The sudden loss of his weight and warmth left me blinking in startled silence while he moved sharply off the couch like what had just happened between us was some terrible mistake.
For one brief second, something hot and offended twisted through my chest. Honestly? He was acting like he had been caught committing some horrible crime.
Good. It was better this way. Because having him pressed against me like that had already been doing strange things to my head. Things I did not want to examine too closely.
The mating bond still hummed faintly beneath my skin from the contact, warm and restless and e
