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CHAPTER 19: Caught in the Hallway
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2026-07-11 04:00:50He lowered his head. His mouth crashed down on mine, hungry and desperate. The kiss was entirely different from the one in the courtyard. There was no hesitation, no holding back. His lips were hot, tasting of rich bourbon and dark mint. He parted my lips with his tongue, deepening the kiss until the rational part of my brain completely short-circuited.
My dormant wolf scrambled to her feet, throwing her head back and letting out a joyous, frantic howl in my mind.
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Cullen grabbed my hips and spun me around, pressing my back flat against the cold slate wall of the shower. The sudden chill of the stone sent a sharp gasp past my lips, but he immediately covered my mouth with his.He kissed me with a fierce, punishing heat. His tongue parted my lips, tasting of clean rain and dark mint. I tangled my fingers into his soaking wet hair, pulling him closer, matching his desperate rhythm."You are mine," Cullen rasped against my mouth, his breath hot and ragged. He kissed a burning trail down my jaw, his teeth grazing the sensitive skin of my neck. "No more fake rules. No more political arrangements. You hear me? You belong to me.""I am yours," I choked out, throwing my head back against the wet tile.He grabbed the back of my thigh, lifting my right leg and hooking it over his hip. I felt the heavy, rigid length of him pressing against the wet fabric of his trousers, resting right against my center. The friction of the soaked material rubbing against m
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