When The Moon Hides Her Crown
My confession bled into his mouth as I whispered,
“I love you.”
His lips curved against mine, a ghost of a smile before his kiss deepened, hungry, consuming, sealing us with something more than words.
“I love you too, Seraphina,” Ronan murmured, his voice rough silk against my mouth.
In the endless darkness beneath us opened a white feather door.
Then our marks burned in the back of our palm.
The bloodline sigils on the backs of our hands ignited, scalding and divine, surrendering to some higher claim. A wave of heat cascaded over me, threaded with his intoxicating scent, whiskey and applewood smoke, rich and devastating, like sin wrapped in silk.