*Daphne*

A rush of emotions coursed through me as I felt Rion kiss me back more passionately than I had expected.

At first, the kiss was never meant to be more than a ruse to get that cretin off of our backs and leave us alone.

My intention was for us to get on our way, but it seemed over the next few passing seconds between us that the kiss had slipped into so much more than that.

As he kissed me back, the visions from earlier inside ...