“So what do you say, human?” His fingertips graze along your jaw, sending sparks dancing in their wake. “Shall we go again?”
The hot guy is asking if you’d like to kiss him again, you realize, still dazed.
You should probably answer. Instead, you just stare up into his face from where you still sit with your back against the floor, wearing your cute little panda bear pajamas.Littleprobably being the key word here.
He laughs softly, pulling away slightly.
“What? Too charmed to speak?”
And heishandsome.
A real book boyfriend, with a strong jaw and the kind of gaze that pierces straight through your soul. Metaphorically speaking, anyway.
Probably.
He starts to stand, but you grab his arm, pulling him back.
“Wait, I—”
Maybe the magic is intoxicating. That must be it. Because you seem to have forgotten how to form sentences.
Not to worry.
Hot Guy—Ziros—seems to get the picture just fine.
“Wait?” He straddles you, cupping your jaw in one hand. “Wait, as in,don’t go. As in,kiss me again, Mr. Hot Book Boyfriend?”
Your heart races and breath catches.
Hang on. How did he know you’ve been calling him that?
But that doesn’t matter now. All you can do is nod.
He leans in, pinning you against the wall with another kiss.
It’s a hungry, urgent kiss, his tongue searching against yours as he pulls you up against him.
If you got his name on accident, who knows what you could learn about him if you try. Maybe if you just test—
At first it seems to work. There’s a flash of memories, all scenes too fast to parse.
Then the strangest thing happens.
Energy surges around you, a strange, sizzling magic.Dizzy. You’re suddenly dizzy, and you slump forward against his shoulder as he pulls away to catch you.
No! No, wait, you’re not supposed to pass out on the hot guy while he’s kissing you.
But it’s too late.
Darkness rises around you, pulling you under.
And you swear you feel him calling your name.
Not hear it.
Feelit. Like his voice echoes there, deep in your soul. And it’s not a name you recognize. Not directly, anyhow.
But you can feel it all the same.
