For a long minute, I stared at the ceiling above me, admiring the lines and the curves while hoping the heat within me would disappear by itself. I had stripped myself naked, left nothing on my body, not even my underwear. My lower ached with desire and I felt my heart racing as I tossed and turned around.

Straying away from Leander was the quickest way to relieve some of the ache but it was still there, between my legs, troubling me like never, forcing me to let my mate inside the room and ...