Chapter 18

Seris’s POV

I pressed my back against the wall of my room, heart hammering, lips still tingling—not sore this time, but sweetly swollen, a reminder of the kiss I’d just shared. My trembling fingers brushed against them as if to confirm it had really happened.

“Feeling like that after one kiss?” Eirwen teased inside my head. “What will you do when he finally fu—”

“Eirwen!” I cut her off, cheeks flaming. I hurried to the bed and sat down as quietly as I could so Nessa wouldn’t wake.

Did he like it? Did I kiss him well? Would he kiss me again? Would anything change between us?

“Don’t get your hopes up, Seris,” my subconscious hissed. “He said it meant nothing. He’s going to mate with the Beta anyway.”

Tears burned behind my eyes. I felt foolish for letting him touch me, used and betrayed by my own emotions. Anger flared at the thought of him taking advantage of me so easily. Determined to give him a piece of my mind, I stormed out of the room