Drowning in Desire

NYSSA'S POV

I cleared my throat. The raspy sound echoed across the stillness of Artemis's Lagoon, cutting through the suffocating tension hanging heavy in the midnight air. I swallowed hard, desperate to rein in my raging hormones. The mysterious stranger stood on the dirt bank. His piercing cobalt-blue eyes locked onto mine. His gaze burned with a raw, predatory hunger that made my skin flush de