Shattered Mate, Sovereign Fate: The Astraea Kings

Desperate Times

Author: Aeliana Thorne

Desperate Times

KAELITH

The heat radiating through the athletic fabric beneath my palm definitely didn't feel normal. My brain stalled, trying to process the strange texture and shape. It wasn't the hard, flat plane of a stomach muscle, nor was it the thick, stitched band of a waistband. The horrifying realization crashed into my mind like a physical blow. I had mistakenly grabbed onto something far too big, hea