then gasped as Adalynn tugged her forward.
She stopped her just short of the circle of her arms. She
leaned in, her soft, fragrant breath tickling Cassia’s cheek.
Adalynn’s nostrils flared as she bent her head to Cassia’s neck,
as she drank in her scent like a beast. It was the strangest, most
erotic thing Cassia could ever have imagined. She thought
Adalynn might flick out her tongue, might lap at her skin,
might taste and mark her there, but she raised her face so that
they were nose to nose. Cassia’s hand came up between them.
She touched Adalynn right where her heart was rapidly
kicking. It mirrored her own elevated pulse.
Adalynn groaned and the sound ripped through Cassia as
surely as if it had been torn from her throat. Her breath caught
when Adalynn’s palms captured her face, holding her still.
One hand swept around to her hair, sinking deep in the white-
blonde tendrils. Adalynn dragged Cassia to her with an
unabashed, unexpected power, and then her sweet, blood red
lips were on Cassia’s, crushing, kissing, stealing her breath,
r /> claiming her, marking her.
Chapter 7
Adalynn
Adalynn knew she should be gentle. Cassia had never done
this before. She was sheltered and innocent. She’d led a
protected life. She knew all that, but her desire was too strong.
One taste of Cassia’s pure, sweet lips and she was done. Her
self-control shattered like glass and the breath punched out of
her. She wrapped her arms around Cassia’s slight, petite form
and pulled her against her so there was no space between
them. Her fingers threaded and knotted in the silky strands of
Cassia’s fine hair. She didn’t stop until she gripped the back of