Tainted Vows

~Kaelen~

I held her against my chest, the slow, rhythmic crawl of her breathing the only movement in the quiet dark of the living room.

I hadn't known she wanted me this badly. I hadn't realized the desperation ran this deep under that icy corporate skin of hers. The way she had demanded to know where I was on the phone, the raw, biting panic in her voice—it was the sound of a woman terrified that