Severed Ties

Desire burned in Alistair's eyes—so intense it felt like it might break free. Rosalind wasn't a naive girl anymore; she could see it plain as day.

And right after that came the fury.

She thought, 'What right does he have to humiliate me like this? Just because I once loved him—does that give him permission to stomp all over my feelings?'

Everything she'd held in hit a breaking point. Without hesit