Soren’s POVI had thought about the situation—not the way Ryker thought about things: impulsive, vivid, immediate; nor the way Kael thought—strategic, measured, controlled.I contemplated everything quietly and thoroughly. I turned it all over in the dark when nobody was watching and examined it from every angle, understanding it completely before allowing myself to feel it. I thought I was prepared, but I was wrong.Ayla’s hands were against my chest and her mouth was on mine, and every careful, methodical thought I’d ever constructed dissolved like paper in water, leaving nothing behind but this—her.The warmth of her pressing up toward me, the certainty in it that I hadn’t expected, the way she kissed me first, without hesitation, like she’d already made the decision long before we reached the door."Blaze," I called.He didn’t answer; he was already gone under the spell of her touch.I pulled her closer, and she made a small sound against my mouth, like she hadn’t expected me to s
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