Forbidden Touch : Stories of Desires
Anger, yes, but underneath it something older and far more dangerous, the same heat that had lived in the way he used to look at me when we were children and I was the one holding the power.
A voice cut through the tension.
“Well. Isn’t this cozy.”
Tessa stood a few feet away, wine glass in hand, smile bright and poisonous. Two of her usual shadows hovered behind her.
“Didn’t realize you two were catching up,” Tessa said. “How sweet. Old friends.”
Jude’s expression did not change, but I felt the shift in him, the same cold focus that had settled over him in the coffee bar.
Tessa’s gaze flicked between us, scenting blood. “You know, Lila, that little video from the coffee place is still circu