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CassianI had been watching the door for an hour.I wasn't waiting for anyone. I sat in the far corner booth with a glass of whiskey I hadn't touched, half listening to an investor drone about acquisition terms. Really, I was sitting with a date on my mind, one I had never said aloud to anyone. I knew what today was. I always knew.Then Elara walked in.My body knew before my mind did. My spine went rigid. My fingers tightened on the glass until the crystal bit into my palm.She was wearing green. It was a dress I had no business noticing, cut simply, skimming her waist and following the curve of her hips down to just above the knee. Her hair was loose over one shoulder, and when she turned her head I saw the line of her neck, bare and soft, and something low in my body pulled tight.Look away.I couldn't, not for one full second.Then her eyes found mine across the room.Every muscle in me locked. If I held her gaze, she would see everything. So I did what I had always done. I made m

CassianI didn't give her time to answer.My mouth crushed hers, and she answered with a sound that tore straight through me. Fingers dug into my shoulders, then tangled in my hair, pulling me closer, desperate as if afraid I'd vanish. I lifted her onto the counter; the cake slid sideways, forgotten."Cassian," she gasped."Again."Her hands slipped under my shirt, tracing my bare skin. I swore into her neck, her skin burning beneath my lips, her pulse racing. Six years of longing, now here she was wild, trembling, calling my name like it was hers."Bedroom," she whispered."Hold me."Her legs locked tight around me as I carried her upstairs, teeth grazing my jaw. Halfway up, she bit my earlobe, and I stumbled, laughing rough and hard. Her breathless laugh filled the space between us real, raw.Lucien's house. His bed. His wife.I set her beside the bed, moonlight catching her wild hair, swollen lips, dark eyes.The voice inside faded."Turn."I slid the zipper down, inch by slow inch