My fingers tighten in the flesh of his shoulders when he pulls me forward. I'll be damned if I'm going to stumble or fall in front of him. I can't deny that his touch sets my skin aflame. My breath catches when he pulls my hair, heat pooling in my center. His power calls out to me, my empathy mingling with his. It's a heady thing indeed. A lesser woman would lose herself to it. I am much stronger than that.

"I'm nobody's whore." Anger flares in my eyes. Funny how people can mistake a woman with a strong sexual drive as being a lesser being. "I fucked you because I wanted you." My lips are so close to his, my words are almost a kiss.

I drag my nail down his neck, coming close to breaking the skin. "Samuel is nothing without me."