el'

blink, he pul

d that sent a tremor through my spine. My gasp filled the silence. The silk she

the

, forcing me to look at him. His blue eyes were darker-s

rough clenched teeth. "And now that I'm

t hurt. His words didn't m

f, to push him away-but before I could e

orld

ought vanished. M

body took over. His lips were rough, demanding, desperate. The kiss wasn't gentle;

o

no

was i

. I didn't even fu

dy... bet

pine arched off the bed, heat crawling up my neck. A sound slippe

G

n't come

ine again, stealing the air from my lungs. I could taste him-bitterness and heat-and my thought

, but it came out as a

aw before sliding down the curve of my neck. My pulse leapt beneath his tou

he was fighting something too. His lips trailed down my t

s wasn'

ofessor. This was

n who treated his

ke every nerve in my

taste blood, trying to snap myself out of it, but then his hand move

arted, but he

abric tearing

it somewhere behind him. Cool air brushed my bare skin, a

said, br

dn't

tore at the thin nightgown beneath, shredding it l

again-lower this time. The heat of his lips burned against my skin, an

hould have screamed. I sh

ed his shoulders. Not to sh

e spot on my chest. My breath hitched. My mind screamed stop, but my body melte

he growled against my sk

s flew

e. "No," I whispered, but the word was wea

he sound that escaped me. The world spun. I didn't know

l. I could feel every beat in my th

I lost

y whole body tense and shiver at once. A choked sound l

and unreadable. For a moment, I thought I saw som

s back on mine, u

essed closer, harder. I felt the roughness of

hot. Hea

ught. My eye

did he take

y stomach, sending a shiver straight through me. My pulse roared i

ouldn't be

to run, to disappear

wn, guiding himself lower, until I felt th

nstant-everyt

heartbeat. The

fr

yself, my hand landed on

cking b