Ciara’s POVI stared at the man in front of me, tall, broad, coat still dusted with snow from whatever frozen hell he’d walked through to get here. His golden eyes burned into mine, steady, patient, but the heat behind them was unmistakable. He’d just said it: Use me as you want, little moon.The words hit like gasoline on the fire already raging inside me.I grinned, hungry, needy, and feral, teeth bared in a way that felt more animal than human.I grabbed the front of his coat, thick wool, cold from the night fingers curling into the fabric like claws. I yanked him down until our faces were inches apart, my breath mingling with his.“Then I won’t be polite, Mr. Blackthorne.”My voice came out low, rough, and trembling with want.He gave me that sheepish smile, the one that always got my heart racing, the one that softened the edges of the monster I knew he was.It was almost boyish, almost shy, and completely at odds with the raw power rolling off him in waves. Pine smoke, leather,
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