Alec The cold-water rushes over me, icy rivulets cascading down my skin as I brace my hands against the shower wall. My breaths come in sharp, ragged bursts, each one echoing against the tile. My muscles tense beneath the freezing spray, and yet it does little to quell the fire raging inside me. I squeeze my eyes shut, the water stinging my skin as I drop my head, letting it pummel the back of my neck. It’s not enough. Nothing is enough. The scent of her clings to me, even now. It’s embedded in my skin, threaded through every breath, every heartbeat. Sadie. Her soft whimpers, the way her body arched against mine, her mouth forming my name on a trembling gasp. And now she’s in the other room, curled up in that bed, her body wracked with the heat I can’t take away. Knox growls in my mind

