Chapter 22

Kaelen

I should’ve kept walking.

Should’ve never looked back, never turned, never let my hands close around the soft curve of her neck.

But the second Maren’s eyes lit on mine, blazing with fire and fury, every ounce of control I’d been clinging to snapped.

And then I kissed her.

Gods help me, I kissed her like a man starved, like I’d been waiting centuries for the taste of her mouth, the heat of