Page 114 of Sienna Rossi: Beyond Shattered Trust

But not before her fingers press just enough to make my breath hitch.

For a second, we freeze.

Way too fucking close.

Her breath brushes my jaw, uneven now, her control slipping just slightly as her eyes flick up to meet mine, her heart pounding.

The things she does to me.

“You’re slower than I remember,” she murmurs, her voice softer now, quieter as she whispers it in my ear.

I tighten my grip on her wrist, pulling her even closer, my other hand bracing at her waist before I can stop myself.

“Or maybe you’ve just gotten better,” I reply, my voice lower now, rougher without meaning to be.

Her lips part slightly.

That moment lasts too long.

And then I break it.

I twist, flipping her, sending her down onto the ground beneath me. Her back hits the ground before I pin her wrists above her head, my knee braced between her thighs to keep her from moving.

Her breath catches.

Mine isn’t much better.

We’re both still.

Both breathing too hard.

Very aware of exactly how we’re positioned.

“You were saying?” I murmur, my voice quieter now, but there’s something darker beneath it.

She doesn’t answer immediately.

Instead, her gaze drags slowly over my face, my chest, then back up again, something shifting in her expression, something heated, something dangerously seductive…

Then her power wraps around us, and it throws my balance off for a fraction of a second, and that’s all she needs.

She twists, using that moment to flip us, reversing everything so fast I barely register it until I’m the one on my back, with her straddling me now, her hands pinning mine, her hair coming undone as it cascades around us like a curtain as she leans over me.

The crowd goes fucking wild somewhere in the background.

I don’t hear it properly.

All I hear is her breathing.

All I see is her.

The only one who can distract me in this way.

“That,” she says softly, her lips barely a breath from mine now, “Was me holding back.”

My chest rises sharply beneath her.

For a second, neither of us moves, and then my aura surges.