Chapter 60

Closing the distance, I pulled her into his arms. The crowd of students gasped audibly, phones raised to capture the scandalous sight. I buried his face in her hair, inhaling the scent I had starved for.

"I found you," I whispered fiercely. "Nothing could stop me."

Flora's body stiffened in my embrace, but her eyes betrayed her conflict-part longing, part dread. She hadn't answered my calls, hadn't dared to reach out, because she knew our entanglement was dangerous. And yet, here I ...