Chapter 4 – The Line Between Real and Unreal

Selena told herself she would wait. She had promised she wouldn’t put the headset back on tonight, that she needed a break, a night to let her body recover, to quiet the aching need Kai left simmering under her skin.

But the silence of her apartment mocked her. The ticking of the clock on the wall, the hum of her refrigerator—every sound was unbearable. Her body was restless, skin oversensitized, heart pounding like it already knew what she ...