Use Me

Elena's Point Of View “You’ll burn.” The words slid off his tongue like smoke, sultry and threatening. I felt it. I felt it in my bones, in the tremble of my knees, in the way my pulse suddenly throbbed in my throat. And yet, I pushed him away. Hard. “Don’t,” I said, my voice sharp, almost cracking. “Don’t come close.” I needed to breathe. I needed space. I needed… God, I didn’t even know what I needed. Just not him. Not right now. Not this. He raised an eyebrow, amused, unbothered as he stepped back, his muscular frame resting easily against the opposite wall, arms folded. I hated that smirk on his face. That quiet arrogance. And what was I thinking? Letting him kiss me like that? Pushing myself into him like a woman possessed? I shouldn’t have let him get close. I shouldn’t have kissed him. I shouldn’t have followed him here. He was dangerous in a way Graham had never been… unpredictable, sharp-tongued, and always five steps ahead. And worse, he knew how to get under my skin. “All me