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And now there was no going back

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Evelyn

I thought I was drea of being perfectly… perfect seeping into every single inch of my body

I’d slooken up, as if I were at the very bottoentle sensation until I broke the surface and inhaled that first lungful of oxygen

The smell was rich and deep, dark yet spicy, and it surrounded ue so I tasted it, filled my nose so it was all I ss beco I et, ood

A softin the feeling of it all

And then I heard a deep inhale byout afterward Consciousness settled in, and I blinkedback into me like icy water in my face

I stared at theoverhis cheeks His short hair was a shade lighter than his lashes, his nose straight and strong, his jaw square and whollydarker in the shadowy rooainst a lock of my hair

My heart was thundering and fear should have been the only thing I felt, but I knew thisus

Cian

He’d come for me He’d found me

I’d like to think I had put up a big chase, that I tried my hardest to run and hide But as I lay there helpless and felt my traitorous body become even wetter, more aroused, I knew a part of me had held me back I’d let myself believe this was all a stupid fairy tale, a fictitious story that had been conjured up and thrust intoafter me, and even if he was, he’d never find me