Page 135 of Knot What I Expected

Monster growls.

And my other half answers. The sensation tears through me so intensely my knees nearly buckle.

Havoc feels it. I know he does. His entire body locks.

“Gabby.”

His voice sounds tortured now. My hands land against his chest. His heartbeat pounds beneath my palms.

Fast.

Hard.

Matching mine.

“Tell me to stop.”

I should.

Every sensible instinct I possess says I should walk away.

Matteo.

The Wake.

Nando.

Ethan.

Everything I have spent years hiding.

Everything I could lose.

But beneath all of that fear is something else.

Something deeper.

Older.

A pull that doesn't feel new at all.

It feels like recognition. Like two parts of something ancient finally getting close enough to realize they'd been searching for each other.

Two parts Fate. One part desperate, aching need. And enough lust to burn down whatever the wildfire left standing.

I curl my fingers into his shirt.

“I don't want you to stop.”

Something feral flashes across his face.

“Fuck.”

Then he does it. He kisses me. And there is nothing tentative about it.

His mouth crashes down over mine, and every thought inside my head disappears. I gasp against his lips. His arm wraps around my waist, pulling me against him while his other hand slides into my hair.

Oh my.