Chapter 121

I’m off the ground the next second. Those large hands of Killian's are beneath my thighs as he lifts me up. Instinctively, my legs wrap around his waist, and my arms cling to him as tightly as my mouth does.

He moves us across the living room with urgent steps, heading for the stairs. I hear the soft thud of his boots on each step, the creak of the banister as we pass, and the faint sound of our b