That I didn’t need to breathe
Until I found myself in your arms
Illusion shatters quickly when truth settles in
Because I’ve been lying to myself
Crying to myself
Pretending you aren’t all I need
But, baby, I’m broken for you
Hoping you’ve been needing me too
Unmasked and stripped of all pretenses
Not whole without you, but bound to you
Begging you, begging you
Choose me too
Because I’ve been lying to myself
Crying to myself
Pretending you aren’t all I need
But, baby, I’m broken for you
Hoping you’ve been needing me too
Please, love me too.
Aheavy silence permeates the bar.The only sound is the blood rushing in a thick hum through my veins and the final, mournful strains of my song as it fades to a whisper.My chest barely rises, my breaths shallow.I keep my eyes closed, waiting for the final note of the song to fade.
I feel Rhys watching me from the shadows, his gaze heavy.It sets me on fire, making me ache for him.Always, I ache for him.
I take another shallow breath and release it.It seems unnaturally loud in the deafening silence around me.
No one moves.
Five seconds tick by.
Ten.
Fifteen.
Thunderous applause erupts from every corner of the room, as deafening as the silence that preceded it.Triumph blooms in my chest, relief.I poured my whole soul into that song, and they loved it.
I rise to my feet.Tawnie hops up on stage, beaming at me.I don’t hear what she says.My mind is focused entirely on Rhys.As soon as the buckets come out, I spin and rush off the stage, eager to get to him, to share this moment with him.
As soon as he sees me coming toward him, he opens his arms, ready to catch me.I crash into him like a meteor, knocking him back a little deeper into the shadows.His body engulfs me, his breathing ragged.His erection presses against my belly.All I see in the dark are his green eyes blazing with unholy fire.
“Jesus, Raven,” he growls.
Our lips meet, our tongues moving in a perfectly choreographed dance.We melt into one another, a tangle of trembling limbs and greedy desperation.Of forbidden desire and helpless addiction.We’re slaves to it, unable to deny the strength of the bond between us.
