Chapter 20

Zarek's POV

"You're so goddamn beautiful, and I want you so badly. I whispered, running my hands over her face, although the room light was dim, tiny shadows of a flickering firelight dancing across the walls and over her face. My body was still tense, the lingering effects of a forces shift, or was it the kiss that I had just shared that left my limbs burning up?

Her scent surrounded me—wildflowers and something sweet, something that was just hers—iit was enough to clear thefog of my mind.

“I don’t want to hurt you,” I managed to say, my voice sounding strainedeven to myself.

“You won’t,” Lunette whispered, her lips brushing my ear.

“You’re stronger than that.”

I exhaled slowly, my breath ragged, closing my eyes.

“Lunette,” I rasped, my voice rough.

"How do you believe in me so much?" I asked, looking into her eyes, meeting her gaze. Her dark eyes were filled with heat—the same heat I felt in me. She smiled, her hands sliding up to my neck, her thumb brushing along my jaw.

"Be