XANDER
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Everything in my body was screaming at me. I stared into her brown eyes, unable to say a word. Was I supposed to join her in my bed? She seemed scared, frightened, but there was nothing I could do. There was no telling what would happen if I laid next to her. I was not sure I would be able to control my need and desire for her.
I might be consumed, or I might consume her. There was no way either of us was coming out of this saga whole and healthy. It wasn't going to end well for either of us.
But that little part of me, the part that knew how badly I wanted to hold her until all her fears and sorrows melted into me, the part that knew how badly I wanted to protect her from the woes of the world, the part that knew how important she was to me, beckoned on me to accept her
