ELARA
My stomach knotted in unease, knowing I wouldn't stop myself, not to talk of stopping him. The thought made being alone with him feel dangerously precarious.
He has a mate, Elara, I reminded myself as I hung my head in defeat.
He took a step closer; my heart racing as I took three steps back. "Is this your plan, ginger?" he asked darkly. "Since you didn't succeed in seducing me, now you're targeting my bastard brother?"
My eyes narrowed at him; a sharp retort sitting on the tip of my tongue. But this was Gerald- he wanted this confrontation. He was laying out a trap for me- a trap he yearned for me to fall into so he could pounce.
"Yes," I rasped defiantly, tilting my head slightly and enjoying how an undomesticated shadow crossed his face- one that seemed almost pai
