Chapter 221

Rhode had had those same eyes, except they had been kind, quick to smile, always in search of the next thrill, luring men into her orbit like a spider did with her web.

Her gut twisted into that insidious, painful knot that crept into her when she didn’t make a conscious effort to turn her mind to something else, something other than Rhode and that night.

It didn’t help. Nothing did. But amidst the shock of seeing him again, something else penetrated through with an insidious clarity as he neared her.

Set against the severity of his face, the lush lashes and the glittering eyes stood out like an oasis in a desert. making the man impossibly beautiful and darkly stunning

His scent was alien, yet alluring.

Kassandra breathed in a lungful before she could stop, a feverish shiver taking hold of her limbs that had nothing to do with her wet dress.

"Darian, I—"

Long fingers crawled up her nape into her scalp, tilting her up while the other hand clasped her jaw loosely.

He studied her every f