Chapter 54

Something he couldn’t guarantee if she darted from the cavern and into the lingering sunset for the ferals to find her.

"Then a few minutes won’t matter," he pointed out, with the cool tones that seemed to set Lily’s teeth on edge. So long as she was pondering the decent means of sticking a silver stake in his heart, she wasn’t plotting the means to evade him.

Predictably, her face flushed with excitement. "I’ll never forgive the witch for inflicting you on me. I bet …"

Before he could leash the notion, his head was dipping down to capture her mouth in a silencing kiss. How else could he halt the furious rant without bodily harm? A distinguished purpose that was swiftly thwarted by the intoxicating excitement that flashed through his body. This kiss had nothing to do with hushing Livia, and everything to do with the insatiable craving that flared through him with an unbearable force. 

He wanted this woman. Oh, so help him. It was like needing Lily.

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