Chapter 17

Vinny

My blood rushed south. I needed to calm myself down. She couldn’t know how much that kiss affected me. Both of those kisses. Conflicting information was sending my synapses into a frenzy. I took meditative breaths through my mouth as the jasmine salting the air irritated my nose. But when I did so, it was as if my mouth had remembered the taste of hers and the sweetness was being inhaled with every breath. I tried to keep my breathing shallow.

Her eyes were fully brown now, her wolf non-apparent. But there was an untamed emotion swirling within her eyes. I wanted to reach out and talk to her, apologise, anything to stop that expression on her face. I wanted to say something, but my tongue had turned to dust, and the language centre of my brain was having a seizure. She edged further away, shifting and bolting before I could say anything. Vali tilted his head in confusion as he watched the spot where she had just vanished.

“Dick-bait.” Liv’s voice travelled into my subconscious