16
LAVINIA
My heart hurt, but Killian and I couldn’t waste time. I straightened my dress, and he pulled up his pants and smoothed his shirt, but all the while we were side by side, touching and kissing every few seconds.
I finally took three steps back. “Okay, if we continue like that, I won’t be able to stop anymore, so … yeah.”
He smiled at me, so genuinely and so open, my heart squeezed. “That wouldn’t be a bad thing.”
No, it wouldn’t. “If I stay out for too long, Eldon and the others will come after me.”
Killian’s smile faded. “How were they treating you? Have they hurt you? Have they … hm, tried anything?”
I shook my head. “No, they haven’t. They are mean, they like to insult and threaten me, but they know they need me to complete the spell. It’s either me, or k********g Almae,
