Helio’s POV
I stood still, staring down at her, trying to make sense of what was happening. I couldn’t feel it before, but now that my mind wasn’t jumbled up with what I thought was the truth, I swore I could feel the draw, the pull of what was meant to be between us. I clenched my fists, trying to resist it.
But why should I? She wanted me. I knew this. I’d felt it in the way she melted when we’d kissed. She looked up at me with those beautiful blue eyes and that white-blonde hair I just wanted to bury my fingers in.
More than all of that, she wasn’t my cousin. She wasn’t forbidden after all. Every thought I never wanted to acknowledge seemed to rush to the front of my mind.
I wanted her.
Kora’s face flashed through my mind. I glanced down at the journal and scowled. All my talk abou
