Ella
The moment Kane’s lips touched mine, the world went still.
It wasn’t supposed to happen like that.
Not my first kiss, not in the backseat of a car outside the Jones Pack estate, not when my heart was still half-asleep and my brain was still tangled in the faint, warm fog of dreams.
But Kane leaned in anyway and brushed his lips against mine.
He was too gentle for a man people whispered about as the coldest Alpha heir in the region.
My wolf jolted awake in the back of my mind, startled, Mine? she whispered.
I almost choked.
No. Absolutely not.
I sucked in a breath as Kane drew back, eyes locked on mine with a smirk carved in quiet arrogance. “Wasn’t that what you wanted, sweetheart?”
Heat shot up my neck. “Kane, I swear, why are you breaking the rules again?”
He matched my
