I felt a wild surge run through my body, as if something foreign to me wanted to take control. He gripped my arm with a burning firmness, guiding me to the bed, barely giving me time to think.

The moment my legs hit the edge of the mattress, we fell onto it.

His weight. His breath. The warmth of his skin…

It all surrounded me, stealing the air from my lungs.

Adrian Sterling's hands slid along my waist with a hunger I didn't know how to read. Desire… or something darker.

His fingers mov