Should Not

“Even if you know nothing, this much is still possible.”

The man assigned to protect her. His dark, bottomless eyes remained inscrutable—whether they burned with intensity or indifference, she couldn’t tell.

Each time he whispered, the skin brushing against his lips tingled.

“Stay the night.”

A crossroads from which there would be no turning back. That night seemed determined to consume them both in its entirety.