“What are you doing?”
“Stealing you away,” he says simply.
I open my mouth to protest, but his whispered words against my ear have me falling silent.
“Tonight, we pretend.”
But for the first time since her death, the sound of Adena’s name doesn’t feel like a twisted knife to the gut. No, I want to remember her like this. See her in the stitching of a dress or in the rays of the sun.
Those are words I certainly never thought would be associated with Kitt. His brother, on the other hand... I know exactly what it feels like to be claimed by the Enforcer. And I've embraced it.
Her laugh is breathy, and I memorize the sound.
Her arms twine around my neck, and I wonder if she will hold him like this.
Her nose nudges mine, and I silently beg that she will never flick another's.
Her lips have only just brushed mine when the door flies open.