Varen
The moment Josie said that, it felt like my whole body had been set on fire. Not the kind of heat you shrug off—this was the kind that made your blood boil in your veins, that stole the air from your lungs and left you desperate for more of it. I wasn't sure I could breathe properly anymore, and I didn't know if I even wanted to.
There was something I loved—no, something I craved—about a woman who took what she wanted without apologies. And Josie was exactly that in this moment. No hesitation. No softness to mask her intent. Just a bold, direct challenge that hit me straight in the chest and left me wanting to drown in the sound of her voice.
But the way my brother was looking at me? That made me pull it back. I forced my face into something neutral, hiding the raw edge of what I was feeling. Because Kiel… Kiel never missed a chance to twist the knife.
