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tickling her and igniting little fires everywhere they touched.

“This is fine. I know why I’m here and I’m not paying my

debt like this. That’s not what this is about. We’ve already

been over that. So just kiss me, will you?”

Cassia swayed against Adalynn, using her lush body to

entice her. Adalynn groaned, and Cassia’s mouth found and

claimed hers again. Cassia licked at the seam of her lips and

devoured the sound. Adalynn pulled Cassia closer, with one

hand on her hip, the other buried in the silken strands of her

hair. God, she wanted this. Maybe more than she’d wanted

anything in her life. More than she knew she could want

something. The air vibrated with the force of her need, charged

with particles that were escaping her body like her desire

could be a physical, living entity that could ignite between

them.

Adalynn kissed Cassia furiously, kissed her like she was

starved, and she had been, she supposed. Before Cassia, she’d

never been kissed like this. She’d never shared a deeper

connection, at least on a physical level, with anyone before.

Cassia scraped her teeth over Adalynn’s lip playfully before

she skimmed her hot, kiss swollen lips over Adalynn’s cheek.

“Let’s go to the bedroom,” she panted hotly, her tone dark with

promise.

“Which one?” Adalynn asked, then felt like a moron. Did it

really matter which one?

“Yours,” Cassia said, with more certainty than Adalynn

would have been able to muster. She turned her face so they

were cheek to cheek, then her breath was hot and warm

against the juncture of Adalynn’s neck as Cassia bent to run

her tongue there, tasting her, savoring her, humming at the