For all his scolding, Mateo doesn't stay with us. He gives Ezra a stern look before giving me a playful wink and walking out, closing the door behind him.
"Wait, come back,” I call out, but he only laughs in response from the other side.
"You're on your own, Kat," he sings out. Some help he was.
"Are you trying to escape me, Little One?" Ezra all but purrs below my ear. A shiver crawls up my spine at his words, and his hot breath on my neck makes tingles spread along my entire body.
He dips his head and grazes his nose along my neck, inhaling my scent again. My heart pounds harder than ever before. We're not out in the middle of the forest this time where everyone can see us. We're alone, behind a closed door.
His arm bands around my waist, molding my body to him. The heat of his ches
