She couldn't wave her away. Well, she could. She raised one hand. Ruby must see her dealing with this after all. And Cass was. Dealing with it in ways she'd never expected.

Also, if she let herself be drawn by his sin-ridden lips, by him, she'd lose that part of herself, the part of her no one had touched, because she didn't let them. The thing, the only thing, she had mastery over.

Herself.

Somehow she struggled free. She was naked under the robe after all. Any ...