Maelis's POV

My heart was racing as I walked out of the cabin, my feet moving automatically while I struggled to figure out what the hell was going on with me. The memory of his mouth, the feel of him pressing against me was a frantic noise in my head, drowning out everything else.

I didn't even know the direction I was taking; all I knew was I needed to clear my head and find space away from Lucian’s intoxicating scent.

But my frantic walk was cut short when I saw a silhouette of someone standing alone in the dark, barely illuminated by the faint light filtering from the main...