Ceasar's POV
The words seemed to hang in the air between us in the silence that pulsed with her defiance. I didn't move closer, I didn't have to. The air did it for me, drawing her into the pull she was trying so hard to resist.
When she didn't answer, I let one hand drift to the small of her back, drawing her forward until the space between us disappeared. Her breath caught, sharp and shallow. One of her hands came up, pressing against my chest, not a push, not yet, just a reflex to try to hold me back, but she didn't. I felt the tremor in her fingers before she realized she'd done it, before she remembered to harden her gaze again.
Leaning close, my breath ghosted against her ear as I spoke, my voice dropping to a whisper edge of a warning. "Be careful what you test, Kitten. I don't b
