Chapter 73: Smuttt!!!!!!
And I was the last breath of air he’d ever get.
I broke the kiss with a shove, panting. "What the hell are you doing?"
He didn’t step back. His gaze dropped to my lips, then lower. "Athena, I can’t— I don’t want to hold back anymore."
"You don’t get to say that," I snapped, eyes burning. "You don’t get to walk in here and kiss me like the betrayal never happened. Like you didn’t just tell me to leave this kingdom ten minutes ago. I’ll ask again what the hell are you doing!"
He stepped forward. I stepped back—straight into the wall.
His hand slid around my waist, pulling me flush against him. "I told you to leave because if you stay, I’m going to break every vow I made to the king."
I swallowed hard, heart pounding as his scent wrapped around me. "What do you mean?"
"I mean I don’t care anymore because I won’t hold back anymore," he said darkly. "I’ll burn this palace to the ground if it means I can have you again."
His words struck like lightning. I hated him for it—how easily he made my body betray me.
"You don’t even know whether I am interested in you at all," I whispered.
His mouth hovered near my ear, voice low and electric. "I know the way your body trembles when I get this close. I love the sound you make when I bite right—here." His teeth grazed my neck, and my breath caught. "I know the way you lie to yourself. You say you hate me, but your heartbeat’s screaming my name."