The club looked different this time. Maybe it wasn’t the club that had changed, but me. Last time, I had been nervous, my heart pounding against my ribs as if I were sneaking into some forbidden world. Tonight, though, I walked in with anticipation humming in my veins, as if I belonged here… no, as if I belonged to him.

Roman had been waiting for me, I knew that much. I felt it before I saw him, the pull of his presence like heat brushing my skin. When my eyes finally landed on him, ...