*Caterina*

His smile was like a cat that had finally conned the mouse into the trap he had laid out and I only realized at that moment as Elio took my lips, pushing me down onto the bed until my hair was laid out like a halo and I was pinned beneath his muscular body, that I had been tricked.

But like a canary in a cage who still sang for her master, I was more than willing to overlook the iron bars that kept me within his arms.

I kissed him back, a feverish ...