[Aera's POV]I stare down at my blanket, which is covered in cum, cursing Ayla fucking Jameson for being the one responsible for this happening.'But was it her?' Rayze chuckles, purposely flashing an image of Ayla completely naked and covered in sweat across my mind. 'She isn't responsible for what your perverted brain comes up with.''Shut the fuck up,' I growl, pushing him away while I rip up my now ruined blanket."Fucking seductress," I huff before storming into the bathroom and hopping in the shower. "She's like a damn spirit that has attached itself to me."Trying to not remember that hot damn dream, I turn on the water and let it beat down on my head while I close my eyes. However, that ends up being a terrible idea as Ayla chained up with her legs spread wide open, so I have the perfect view of her soaked core and swollen clit flashes in my mind, causing my dick to throb with desire that can't be eased by the one responsible for making it like that.Cursing, I reach down and

[Aera’s POV]What was I doing? Why was I doing this? Why the hell was I going this far to disprove the truth about the relationship between Ayla and me?It was because anytime I touched her, something came over me, and all I wanted was to possess her and claim her. What the fuck was this? What in the actual hell was wrong with me?"Mmph."Hands touch my chest and push hard enough to snap me out of the fucking daze I find myself getting lost in.Pulling away, I stare down into Ayla’s dark eyes. I take in her flushed cheeks, and despite myself, I let my gaze dip down to take in her cleavage, which is rising and falling rapidly as she works to collect her breath."What the hell are you doing?" She hisses, her gaze narrowing. "Did you forget that we’ve got an audience?"Her words are like a bucket of ice-cold water that clears the last bit of the haze that I’m stuck in.Cursing, I take in all the students that are watching us, waiting for more of a show, but they won’t be getting it."As

[Ayla's POV]I stare straight ahead, trying to process what it is I'm seeing, but before I can fully wrap my head around it, I'm being yanked and then pulled along behind Barren.We burst out of the house we are currently in and out into what looks like space."What the hell?" I hiss, taking it all in.Up until this point, I had only been able to be in the space that others created. Never in all my years of dream walking had I stepped foot in the dream space itself, but here I was. Was this Barren's doing?As this thought hits me, another roar sounds way too close for comfort."I need to wake up," I hiss, realizing that once that happened, I would be safe. "Wake up, Ayla!""It won't work," Barren hisses."What do you mean it won't work?"Before he can answer me, pain shoots through my back as I'm yanked backward.Gasping, I find myself being lifted and then thrown."Ayla!"Barren's voice rings out around me as my body slams into the ground.Hissing in pain, I move to get up but am sto

[Ayla's POV] My core throbs as Aera's hot breath, strong body, and obvious erection attack all my senses. Fuck, this man was dangerous, and he was right; when he was near me, all I could think about was how damn good it felt to be touched, teased, and fucked by him. But I couldn't do this. WE couldn't do this. Not given how this thing between us, whatever it was, started. I was only approached because of a bet, and he only stuck around because he wanted to know my secrets. With those circumstances keeping us together, there was no way I could ever let him in because I would always be questioning his every action and word. "No," I say slowly, my determination slamming into place. "This can't happen." "It can," Aera counters, beginning to trace kisses along my jaw and then down my neck until his lips drift across my mark spot. "All you have to do is say..." "AERA!" The shrill cry rings out around us, completely obliterating the mood that Aera was trying so damn hard to put in pla

[Ayla’s POV]"Let go." Aera’s voice is cold as he speaks, and his body tenses. "Now."I don’t have time to react before my shoulders are grabbed and I’m being yanked back so that our bodies are inches apart."Who said you could touch me?"Who… That was a damn good question. Even I was shocked by my own actions, but he looked so lost in the moment that I..."This may have worked on my brother, but it won’t on me," he continues, drawing a fine line between us. "And remember, if you touch me again without my permission, I won’t be so lenient."There it was—that wall that he kept in place when it came to me because of his grudge against my family and my parents.Fine, if he wanted to be like that, then I would oblige.But you can’t, a small voice in the back of my head says. You promised Alphonze.Frowning, I find myself wanting to pummel that damn voice for reminding me of my promise, but how in the hell was I supposed to keep it when Aera so clearly didn’t want me around?"I expect you