Chapter 27

• Gage watched the door close and turned to head back to the shop. He hadn’t meant to kiss her. Hell, he’d said he wasn’t going to touch her, and then he reached out and grabbed her hand a breath after the thought.
• Kissing her had been the best, and worst thing he’d ever done, as far as she was concerned. He hadn’t expected them both to ignite. Oh, he’d heard it was all heat with your true mate, but didn’t expect to get burned like that. Stopping had taken every ounce of restraint he could muster, and he had to dig really deep to find it.
• His cat had almost ripped him to shreds from the inside. He rubbed a hand over his ribs, as if he expected to feel gouges covering them. It still hurt. It was taking all his restraint to keep walking away from her right now. Her taste was on his lips, her scent was all he could smell, and he could still feel exactly where her body had pressed into his.