He held her face to his, their mouths consuming each other’s moans. It felt as if Tem were unleashing a lifetime of trying to fit into a box that was too small for her—two decades worth of trying and failing to find her place in a world that didn’t care who she was and didn’t expect her to be anything more. Her place was here. With Caspen. Extraordinary. Tem barely heard him. She felt only the most intense and searing pleasure she’d ever felt in her life as she fell apart, just for him. In the aftermath, Tem knew peace. One look at Caspen told her he knew the same. His face was relaxed, his
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