Chapter 410

For a moment, I just wanted him back. Pain and all. Grief and all.

I wanted him.

But then I realized what was happening. This was wrong, and the fact that it felt good in the moment couldn’t change that. I couldn’t fall back into this old routine. I couldn’t let him manipulate me with the pleasant sensations of a bond that had never fully gone away. 4

Furthermore, as far as Gideon knew, I was a married woman.

I pressed my hands into his chest just as I heard the faint clink of his belt buckle. Then, I shoved him hard.

Gideon stumbled back a step, breathless, staring at me. His hair was a mess and his shirt was hanging open with half the buttons ripped off.

to go,” I said, pushing away from the table, tucking

He didn’t move immediately.

the way he said my name made my chest clench painfully with the effort of holding back my wolf. “You’re the one who kissed me.

kissed you because of the poison.” I reached down and picked up my shirt from the floor. “That’s it. That’s the only reason any of that happened, and you knew I was impaired and you let it go that far anyway, so you had better hope

my shirt on over my head and turned to find him looking at me, chest

hardened at the same

he said. “Before any of that started. So it was just you, not the aphrodisiac that made

and refused to comment on that. He held my gaze for one more second, then

shut behind him with a slam that rattled the

in the wreckage. One of my beakers was on the floor in pieces. My notes were crumpled. The

because I’d pricked my finger on

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