Hidden Heartbeats

[Kaelia Brynn Halloway]

The prince’s hand wraps around my wrists, and I am pulled flush against him. Bodies meeting, I find myself breathless. My eyes search his, knowing I have never been this close to him─not even in ‘that’ moment, the one I refuse to name.

He peers down at me; those beautiful eyes tracing my face before falling to my lips. It is as if I have forgotten the art of breathing entir