—•LUCIA•—

The rogue king’s words sent my heart thundering against my ribs and set a nervous flutter loose in my stomach.

“Make me yours?” I choked out, the words barely more than a whisper.

“Yes,” he growled, the single word vibrating through the air between us.

“Never!” I said, even as I felt my body slowly betraying me, softening beneath his touch, wanting to give in.

But I couldn’t.

No matter what happened, I refused to surrender to that stupid feeling.

I twisted against his grip, shoving at his chest, my body squirming with everything I had left as panic and desperation surged through me.

But his hold only tightened,...