THE CURSE OF LUST
"The young one. He's already too far gone."
I exhaled through my nose. "Julian is loud, arrogant, and ruled by his impulses. That doesn't make him dangerous."
"It does when the curse is involved," Rowan replied. "Men like that don't stop themselves once the obsession takes hold."
"I can handle him."
He stopped walking. I did too, turning to face him.
"That's not the point," he said, meeting my eyes. There was no anger there, only that maddening, immovable resolve. "You shouldn't have to."