As if voicing his name had been a summoning, the faint sound of the front door closing reached us.

Chapter 17 Blade

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arth-shattering. World-ending. All-consummate. Kissing Kiera had felt like everything.

For the entire day, I thought I’d simply dreamt the whole thing up. The way I’d relinquished all self-control like that… and how she didn’t run away screaming was beyond me.

Even in my wildest imaginings could I never have thought she would respond the way that she had… ...