Chapter 24

“Continue looking for books as Andra instructed,” Jormun said as he positioned himself to lean back against the wall.

I could tell he wanted to keep the distance between us, and I felt disappointed by his reaction. I blushed to myself as I swiftly turned away from him.

“What is wrong with me?” I whispered to myself as I tried to control my own emotions.

I had felt it a few times since meeting Jormun. A desire that was strange, new, and rather disturbing.

A desire for Jormun.

It was so difficult to understand since, as Daring had pointed out earlier, I had no knowledge of sex or even romance to guide me through these strange feelings. I understood enough about the world to know that the feelings I was having for Jormun were romantic in nature. It was difficult for me to come to grasp with them because they made me want to be owned, no… to be dominated by this man I hardly knew.

“Tsk.” I sucked my teeth at the thought of being controlled by someone