In her twenty-two years, Alex had never felt a connection like this with anyone else before, and even before given the chance for their intimacy to grow, she discovered she didn't want it to end.
As he watched her with the same intensity in his gaze as she knew was in hers, neither did Treyan, it seemed. She even went to far as to take a step closer to him, longing for just the comfort and warmth of those arms, wanting once again to inhale that clove and spice scent—
But Treyan stopped before she could move any closer.
“You need to sleep,” he breathed as he placed firm hands on her shoulders.
Alex blinked as if coming out of a mental haze. A look of shock, and maybe unprecedented disappointment, must have been evident upon her face, for he leaned down to meet her eyes to give her a re
