[ Old world - Back at Autumn's fortress ]
" Kieran..wha…what are you doin…?!"
Autumn barely managed the broken whisper before the world around her tilted.
Kieran's hand clamped tighter around her wrist.
Then…Yank…
Autumn's breath broke before she could even gather it.
One moment she was stumbling against him, palms braced on his chest, her heart galloping in wild confusion.
The next…
His arm locked too tight around her waist. A swift, merciless tug.
Autumn gasped…
"Kei…!"
But the sound never finished.
Her lips were caught.
His mouth crushed against hers with a desperate hunger that stole the very air from her lungs. The world fell away, silence collapsed into the single unbearable sound of her heartbeat hammering between them.
Her eyes widened…stunned…every muscle frozen.
She tasted iron…Salt. Heat.
