Jaxx’s Point Of View

"I’ll let you go."

The words hung between us, thick with challenge, with promise, with the kind of dark amusement that made her eyes flash with defiance. She stared at me like I’d lost my mind, her chest rising and falling with sharp, uneven breaths.

"You’re insane," she hissed, her voice trembling, but her eyes… fuck, her eyes were dark with something else. Something hungry.

I arched an eyebrow, my lips curling into a smirk. "Oh, really?" My hand slid up her ...