#Chapter 90: Prey

Audrey As soon as the stranger’s lips met mine, my first instinct was to push him away. Who did he think he was, kissing me like that in front of everyone? But as the kiss lingered, something familiar washed over me. The warmth, the pressure, the taste... I knew these lips. My body relaxed involuntarily and my wide eyes fluttered closed, my muscles melting into his embrace as the rest of the world around us faded away into nothingness. Yes. I knew these lips. Edwin’s lips. The kiss was deep and passionate, the sensation of his tongue gently pushing into my mouth sending the most delightful shiver down my spine. His warm hand came up to cup the back of my neck, his fingers gently tangling in my hair. For a moment, I forgot where we were, who we were, too lost in the sensation to notice anything else in the entire world. I didn’t know left from right, up from down, east from west. I just knew, somehow, that it felt right—like coming home after a long journ