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Dawn

I didn't know what to do with him. He followed me everywhere, carefully guiding me like he had an inbuilt map of the forest.

It was exhilarating as well as suffocating. Within me, I stewed about the near kiss we had. What was it about Rhys Hallowvern that unraveled me so?

My former mate’s presence never made me feel like this. I was always happy to see him and wanted to be close to him at all times. It was like floating on the clouds. With Rhys, it was a different matter altogether.

We were not bound except by a scam marriage that our fates depended on. We had a one-night stand and that was it. Yet, I couldn't breathe properly when I was around him. His presence bore down on me, completely burning me up from inside. It was like I was addicted to the pressure.

Only a whiff of his scent had my body on edge. There were no clouds with Rhys. It was pure unadulterated desire. A combination of Lust and what seemed like an obsession. I became something else.

We didn't say much to each