Taboo: Ties and Sins
Within her, as tiny as a seed, throbbed the forbidden fruit of their entwined love, a child who would bear both the sin and the passion in its blood.
Kaio came up from behind, his warm body fitting to her back like a second skin. His lips found the curve of her neck in a kiss that was more solace than desire.
"You've made your final play, princess," he whispered against her skin, his hands moving to cradle her abdomen in a protective gesture. "Now you have to live with the fallout."
Alyssa closed her eyes, feeling the gravity of the words.
"Do you believe I'm mistaken?"
Kaio spun her around to face him, his coarse fingers under her chin.