Ashes Of Desire
Julian said, his voice dropping into a rough, intimate register as he stepped close enough to feel the heat radiating from her.
"I told you," Maya replied, her dark eyes flashing with a fierce, independent light as she met his gaze without flinching. "I'm not hiding anymore."
Julian reached out, his fingers gently tracing the line of her jaw, the lingering adrenaline of the fight charging the cold mountain air between them with an electric, undeniable tension. But the moment was cut short as the massive dashboard console inside the idling carrier suddenly crackled to life.
A distorted, heavily encrypted audio feed broke through the static speakers, broadcasting directly from the capital synd