Chapter 55

Maeve’s POV

“He isn’t lying,” Adie whispered inside my head, her tone so intimate it felt like warm breath on my ear.

“And how would you know that?” I shot back mentally, narrowing my eyes against her confidence.

“I can feel it,” she murmured, smoothing away my doubt as though brushing a stray worry from my mind.

I snorted inwardly. “I still think he’s a cheat and a liar.”

“But this time he’s telling the truth,” Adie replied, her voice weary with persistence.

I opened my mouth to argue, but she overrode me with a sharp inner command: Just shut up and kiss him.

Obedient, my hands found their way around Draven’s neck. In one fluid motion, I pressed my lips to his. He caught me firmly, looping his arms around my waist and returning the kiss with the same urgency.

When we finally pulled back, our breaths came in ragged gasps.

“I swear nothing happened between Thea and me,” Draven whispered, his forehead resting gently against