ARIA
What the fuck just happened?
That was the only thought looping through my head as I stared at the door Kael had disappeared through. I hadn't even realized I was whispering it aloud until the words lingered in the silence like a ghost of reason.
He was gone now.
But his presence still clung to the air, still clung to me. To my lips. To my skin. To the ragged pace of my heart that refused to settle.
I blinked, gaze trailing down to my shirt, half unbuttoned, then back to the door again. I could still see the outline of his shoulders, the slow prowl of his gait as he left, broad back flexing under that dark silk shirt he'd thrown on like an afterthought. The muscles beneath it moved like a barely chained beast, all strength and menace, composed rage wrapped in billionaire taste.
God.
My knees wobbled again.
