Shadows of Desire
"Tonight, you are not the bait, Cassie. Tonight, you are the Queen of this house. You will walk onto that floor, and you will let them look at you, and you will remember that absolutely nothing in this world can touch you while you are at my side."
"Anchor me," I pleaded, turning within the circle of his arms to face him directly.
He didn't hesitate. His hands slid up my ribcage, his thumbs resting just beneath my collarbones as he tilted my face up. He captured my mouth in a slow, devastatingly thorough kiss. It wasn’t rushed or frantic; it was an absolute, meticulous claim of my senses. He tasted of dark coffee and an intoxicating, territorial certainty. I opened to him with a soft, helple
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