When our bodies stilled, Raith swept me into his arms, cradling me against him. He kissed me with so much tenderness and passion it was hard to believe that earlier tonight we’d been fighting. The brush of his lips against mine made my chest ache with all the things I felt but didn’t dare say out loud. If Raith knew the true depths of my feelings for him he would no doubt erect those walls again, and I couldn’t let that happen, not when I’d finally brought them crashing down.
“Rose,” he muttered into my hair. “Sun and Moon, what you do to me.”
“I did nothing.” I took his face in my hands so I could gaze into his stormy eyes, which had quieted for the first time since we’d met. I ran my thumbs across the dark stubble on his sharp jaw, loving every inch of him.
He pressed his forehead aga
