Verret’s Pov

What in the world was happening to me?

The moment Delilah stormed out of my chambers, something inside me twisted, burned, ached. I should have been furious, she had dared to raise a fork and knife against me, to press them to my skin like she had the power to end me. But instead… gods help me… my body betrayed me.

Her defiance, the fire in her eyes, the curve of her lips when she sneered at me, it was maddening. She looked intoxicating, untouchable. And yet, the more I told myself to push her out of my thoughts, the harder my cock strained against my trousers.

I...