You and your element are a team. Don’t forget that.” Unable to stop myself, I cupped the side of her face and rested my forehead against hers. Air soothed my lungs as if they’d been starved of oxygen for too long. “You can do this. I believe in you.” The tension in Gray’s body relaxed at my touch. I breathed her in, the longing to make her mine consuming my chest in a vice grip. “Come on out, little savage. I wanna play.”

