Inferno, Vucc

lub. Amara had pulled away from Luca's kiss, her breath shallow, her chest rising and falling rapidly. H

carefully constructed walls. All the years of building a life free from him, all the years of pretending

not emotionally. And the worst part?

ion between them. She wiped her lips quickly, though the taste of him lingered - raw, addictive. H

rget myself," she added, trying to steady her

face, his eyes dark, dangerous. There was a flicker of something beneath the surf

of the very air between them. "But you forgot yourself, didn't you?" His voice was low, his words weighte

rying to push the thoughts away

re of a sneer than anything else. "You're lying t

hell waiting to crack. She could pretend she could build her life with new people, new faces, but the truth was simple: n

e dangerously soft. "I'm done with all the games. I'm done

k another step back, though there was no escaping the fire be

was brief, a shadow, quickly replaced by something colder. "You thi

he didn't know what he wanted, what he was playing a

"I think you want con

n't get it, do you? This isn't about control, Am

he remembered the way he had looked at her, with that possessive hunger in his eyes. The wa

re calculating, more dangerous. She could see the sharp edges in his expression, the hardness i

ered, her voice barely audible over the pou

something, Amara." He took another step toward her, his boots silent on the hardwood floor. "I want you to know th

her chest, suffocating her. She wanted to deny him. To tell him that she was done w

mouth to speak, the word

done. She w

lmost tender now, though it was still tinged with som

er head, trying to break free of the pull that

curling into a mocking smile. "No you

the truth was his words were too close to reality.

voice rising with a defiance that she hadn't

n them with a deliberate slowness that made her breath catch. "You'll always belong to me, Ama

e didn't know what she was fighting anymore. She didn

eek gently, like a lover's touch, but there was no

a low growl that sent a shiver down

he didn't have the strength to push him away, not when his touch was as familiar as her

mething else. Something darker. Something they

eeting moment, Amara let herself feel the heat. She let herself feel the pull o

of her mind, she

was a dangerous game. A