Venomous Whispers

PRIMUS VALERIUS'S POV

Tamsin.

Her name hissed through my mind like a threat I hadn’t prepared for. The weight of her beneath me made every instinct coil tight in my chest.

I pushed up fast, dragging air into my lungs that wasn’t saturated with her scent.

She scrambled back, brushing dust from her skirt, lips parting as though she meant to speak. “Primus—”

“Watch where you walk,” I cut in. My voi