Desire coursed through him, a thousand images he’d hoarded, barely let himself imagine-the fall of her dark hair freed from its braid, his hand fitted to the lithe curve of her waist, her lips parted, whispering his name. The barest movement and his lips brushed her skin-warm, smooth, beaded with moisture. His lips hovered just above the warm juncture between her shoulder and the column of her neck. He wanted to … He wanted.īefore he even knew what he intended, he lowered his head. He saw the damp curve of her neck, the gleam of her brown skin. He watched that pulse, the evidence of her heart, matching his own beat for anxious beat. He was sick and frightened, his body slick with sweat, but he was here. He had carried her, fought beside her, spent whole nights next to her, both of them on their bellies, peering through a long glass, watching some warehouse or merch’s mansion. But she would never know what it was like for him to see Nina pull her close, watch Jesper loop his arm through hers, what it was to stand in doorways and against walls and know he could never draw nearer. After all she’d endured, he was the weak one. It hurt to stand here like this, so close to the circle of her arms. Kaz thought he knew the language of pain intimately, but this ache was new. The sickness was there, the need to run, the need for something else too. Reader Recommendations Our Favorite Enemies to Lovers Romance Books. Reader Recommendations What To Read After So, that Got Weird by Amelia Kingston. He stood there, hearing his own breath, hers, the rhythm of them alone in this room. Here are a few recommendations lists you’ll find in that category, just to give you an idea: The Ultimate List of Slow Burn Romance Books. ![]() His mind took in the shell of her ear, the hair tucked behind it, that rapid pulse fluttering in her throat. ![]() “He took up another long strip of towel in his right hand.
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