Chapter Twenty-Eight
Ward
Susannah held still for a beat, her body tensing slightly. Lifting my head, my gaze collided with hers—her wide blue eyes with her strawberry blonde lashes brushing against her cheeks. The air around us felt heavy, weighted with the need that vibrated between us whenever we were close to each other.
I was relieved, if only to know she was perhaps as powerfully drawn to me as I was to her. I’d never claim to know what was in her mind. Certainly not what was in her heart. Yet, I knew what I felt physically with her. It was a force of its own, beyond my control.
I’d recognized it four years ago, that single night we shared. That was why I’d given into it. Because I knew its depth and its power, and I wanted a taste of it. Foolishly and arrogantly, I’d thought I h
