“I was going to ask you to not let me kiss you again until you were ready to admit this is more than a bond. Because I knew…” He swallowed as she just stared back at him, no emotion filling her eyes. His voice held a thread of defeat when he said, “Because I knew the next time I kissed you, it wouldn’t be enough. That I’d want more. That I’d want it all. Because you have become a need, little storm.”
