Chapter 14

Keenan’s POV

“And that would be?” I asked with a raised eyebrow, now understanding what she meant by not wanting anything.

“You and I,” she said in a slippery voice, standing up and using her fingers to trail down my chest. “We shared the same desires,” she whispered almost seductively.

I swallowed hard, taking a step back.

I was mortified by this strange woman, but at the same time, something in me convinced me that she was right, but that could be her magic working and not my instinct.

“The same desire?” I repeated.

“Oh, yes.” Her hands found their way to the inside of my tunic. She was now stroking my chest. For some unexplainable reason, I found this arousing.

“You want it to, don’t you?” She was still stroking my chest as she said this, and I stood there helpless against her touch.

“What is it you desire?” my voice was hoarse.

“The head of Thallus,” she smiled wickedly.

“Why?”

“He banished me here, isn’t t