If you don’t need my backsight,” she said to Kaleb, “then why am I here?”

He rose to his feet and, placing his hands on the table, leaned toward her until she could’ve reached out and run her fingers along his freshly shaven jaw. “You are here,” he said in a tone that made her heart thump wildly against her ribs, “because you belong to me.

Auteur: Nalini Singh