“Y-You’re not in heat, are you?”
“I don’t need to be,” he muttered huskily. His hot breath brushed across the back of my neck, tickling me. “You bewitch me nonetheless.”
His strong, sturdy presence behind mine was hypnotizing and, suddenly, I found myself feeling things I hadn’t felt since our first night together. Stirrings… desires… lust… they all fluttered inside me like an awakening spirit. And at the same time, it was nothing like what I remembered.
“Earlier, you asked me why I always treat you so kindly.”
I nodded, not daring to move.
He pulled me further into his chest. “Ever since that night, you’ve been all I could think about. It’s like I was lost in a trance until today… when I found you in Moonstone. I… I don’t know what happened or how,” he murmured, letting out a shaky
