Chapter 5

The strong scent of whiskey mixed with the biting cold wind from outside instantly enveloped Elara.

Kieran's kiss wasn't gentle; it carried a kind of plundering bordering on punishment and a release of long-suppressed emotion. His rough thumb pressed hard against her jaw, forcing her to look up and endure it all. Those golden eyes, usually so calm and restrained, were now turbid and wild, like