James

It was impossible to get my head straight whenever I was close to Amara. The outburst had been unprecedented, it especially startled me how much reaction she could get out of me. Usually, I was cool-headed and didn’t give a fuck about anything.

I’d anticipated that she’d take to her heels the moment I uttered those words. But she remained still, her arms around me, and her eyes looking at me like I was a piece of meat she’d like to devour.

That meant she thought of me as ...