I sucked in a breath as my shadows found him. He was desperate, panicky, needing my touch. It was a powerful, almost toxic kind of feeling that made me instantly drunk on the desire.
I slipped from the vanity and walked toward him.
Derik went to pull me back, but I smacked his hand away.
“I can get through to him,” I promised, and pushed my own emotions back through the connection.
Calm, affection, desire, and comfort pulsed through me to him, but I wasn’t sure if I was doing it right until I saw the sliver of green in his eyes trying to push through.
I smiled and went into his arms. The hair of his beast was softer than it looked, and I nuzzled against his chest.
Derik’s tension was there, warning me that I was in trouble, but I didn’t care because in the next second, Kai shif
