~ Adeline~

I don't know what I expected when I leaned in close to Cassian, my fingers touching his jaw, taunting him with the smallest spark of boldness I barely understood. Perhaps a scoff. Perhaps a bored look. Perhaps nothing at all-he's good at giving nothing.

But definitely not that.

His hand clamps around my waist so fast I barely register the movement before the world tilts. Suddenly his grip is firm, unyielding, and he pulls me straight down into him. My breath lodges in my ...