VEIL OF OBSESSION

via's lips dark, commanding, utterly consumi

enough to break the magnetic pull that held them together. His grip on her

n her body was on high alert. Not jus

sn't a man who act

that

't just

s a c

he spoke. "Is this how you h

edges. "No." His voice was low and controlled, but there

something darker, something she

that's a good thi

her jaw, tilting her chin up so she had n

t a shiver do

way from whatever this was before it becam

ips brushing the shell of her e

ed hard. "S

er resolve. Then, with a sigh that sounded almost relu

ke breathing

across the marble floor, his face unreadable

ng to shake the lingering heat of his touch.

ment, she saw something flash in his eye

as quickly,

he said, his voice back to business. "And

screamed that it wa

just caught in No

tangle

e fought, the d

ion was

touch on her skin, but it was the message o

Y FROM HI

't just watching her.

t

he could see through the darkness. The wind whipped through the broken

this," she said finally

told you. There are th

toward him. "Then t

ent for a w

one last chanc

h tightened. "A

rk eyes locking onto hers

ut it wasn't fear that coiled in her st

en them. "People who get too close to me don'

er skin, the storm raging outside,

ou to save me,"

g her head back just enough for his lips to hover over her

eath c

mouth crashed

It wasn't hesitan

her there like she was the only thing holding him together. Ol

ness. This w

she want

. His forehead rested against hers, his grip sti

," she a

ide him, Nolan stepped away. The abse

again. A wall had come c

he said, his voi

linked.

're going to stay, you need to

med in he

ust a man w

man wit

about to lea