Aria's pov
"Tell me, Aria. Did you miss me?"
His voice dropped to a low growl, the kind that carried both danger and temptation. The steam curled around us, thick and heavy, his breath hot against my ear.
"No… I didn't…"
I clenched my jaw, trying to suppress the heat that rushed through me.
Every nerve in my body screamed at me to move, to run, but my legs refused to obey.
A smirk ghosted across his lips.
Even my wolf, Lily, stirred restlessly inside me, pacing in circles as if trapped between fear and something dangerously close to longing.
He didn't have to say anything to know I was struggling.
There was challenge in his gaze, a silent promise that he wasn't done testing me yet.
"If you haven't missed me," he said slowly, dragging the word out until it wa
