KIERA I ran upstairs and shut the door, leaning back to collect a few calm breaths before getting my brain on track. I never knew that anybody would have the ability to take away my rational thoughts, but here I was, chasing after my sanity. Nakedness was nothing new to shifters like us. Whenever we transformed, we stripped down to nothing and shifted. It was as natural as it was, having an animal live and breathe within us. But I have never stripped down to my bare form at the whim of another, especially before an arrogant jerk like Cillian. I did it because I wanted to. And that’s the ‘choice’ he wanted to snatch away from me. Cillian didn’t touch me in ways that a naked girl could be exploited, but the mere show of his unchecked dominance was consolidated at that moment. He wanted