Chapter 34 Thirty Four

• ARIEL'S POV
• My fingers lingered around the spot Ryan had marked me last night. Each time I circled around it, I shuddered from absolute delight, still high on the buzz of feeling coursing through me.
• My senses were heightened. Better. I could see and feel everything, and some of his emotions too. I'd begun feeling them last night. Although I'd tried to block them off, not wanting to tap too much into the mate bond and ruin whatever it was the trust we'd just begun to build.