Maya’s lips still burned from Elias’s kiss, her body pressed against his, her heart racing so hard she thought it might break her ribs. For that moment, the world outside had vanished. His hands on her face, the taste of his breath, the low voice confessing how much he missed her it was everything she had wanted and feared all at once.

She had whispered back, her voice shaky, “Me too…”

But before she could sink deeper into him, the door burst open.

“Maya?”

The voice cracked like thunder.

Colton stood at the doorway, his eyes wide at first, then narrowing into fire. He froze only for a heartbeat, long...