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He slowly leans towards me, and I find myself leaning away until I'd have ended up falling backwards if not for the King curving an arm around my waist as he whispers into my ear, "You have exactly ninety seconds to get to your office if you don't want to be late."
Oh, shiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
The King smirks anew when I immediately try wriggling free, and all I can do is gasp when he takes my mouth in a deep, hard kiss before letting me go.
Oh my God.
Did he just kiss me in full view of, I don't know, his entire freaking city?
"Have a nice day, Catalina."
The pleasant tone of his voice makes me feel like he's mocking me, and I'm torn between wanting to throw my shoe - or myself - at him.
Show some pride, Cat!
I'm thirty-freaking-two years old, and it's so not my age to act like a little kiss is enough to turn my world upside-down...even when it is.
I hurry away without looking back, but just as I'm about to enter the Nox, something -someone -catches my eye.
Don't go there.
It doesn't matter how my heart is now thudding against my chest.
You just thought you saw something, but you didn't.
I'm probably the firstnormalwoman the King's ever known to kiss, so it's normal to feel I'm being watched.
So stop imagining things.
I can't let my past ruin my life all over again.
Chapter Nine
First, there was just us humans. And then we found out there were preters.
You would have thought it would end there, but humans have always been a race that wants what the other has. Vampires knew this, and they did not hesitate to take advantage of it.
