Selene woke to the slow rhythm of a heartbeat beneath her ear.

It was steady, strong, and painfully familiar.

For a moment, she didn’t move. Her body was heavy, her thoughts blurred by fragments of the night before, flashes of heat, words whispered too low to remember, and then darkness.

When her vision cleared, she realized her head rested against Kaelen’s bare chest. His arm was still draped over her, possessive, as if she belonged there.

Her heart stopped.

She jerked upright so fast ...