BOUND TO MY AWAKENING
He leaned down, pressing a soft, lingering kiss directly to my forehead.
"Lyssandra wants the authority, and she's not done pulling out her cards," he murmured, his lips moving against my skin before sliding down to press a hot, velvet kiss onto my cheekbone.
"The guilds want the throne."
He shifted, trailing his mouth across my face to press a light, agonizingly slow kiss right to the tip of my nose.
"But none of them understand what happens when your blood fully wakes up," he whispered, his hands sliding up to frame my jaw, his thumb brushing my bottom lip.