Chapter 18 Believe It

• Siena's POV
• When Raiden turns to speak to me, his face is impossibly close, too close. His breath is warm against my skin, and I feel the heat of his presence radiating from him. My heart stutters, skipping a beat, and then racing uncontrollably. There’s something about the way he moves, the way he holds himself, that pulls me in. I try to steady my breath, to calm myself down, but it’s as if his mere presence disrupts everything inside me.
• But just as my heart begins to race faster, a familiar figure behind him catches my eye. The fluttering in my chest halts, replaced by a sharp, cold twist in my stomach.