Chapter 69

What did she say?

Isadora's face was a picture of confusion.

Victor's lips traced a slow, possessive path down to the tip of her nose, then finally pressed against her own, brushing her lips with his. He lingered there, savoring the taste of her, before deepening the kiss into something unmistakably French.

"Mmm-"

Things quickly got heated.

Isadora pleaded with him to stop, her voice half-laughter, half-protest.

It wasn't until her legs were so weak she could barely stand that Victor finally let

her go.

Later, standing in front of the bathroom mirror, Isadora stared at her pale skin, now marked with bruises and love bites that made her wince just to look at them. She silently cursed Victor. Was he part wolf or something?

The man had a thing for biting, apparently.

She rummaged through her closet for ages before finally settling on a shirt that would cover the worst of the marks.

water still dripping from his short hair as he ran a towel through

Trouble incarnate.

looked away, awkward and just a little

was this, anyway? Victor acted more at home than

before. Still, she blushed every time. That stubbornness he found it endearing. He smiled to himself and walked straight to the fridge, pulling open the

of sandwiches and frozen

what

bulk supermarket finds.

was, she could cook, and cook well, but only ever made the effort for Magnus. For herself, she

hear the disapproval

like Mr. Fitzgerald's mansion," she

private chef on

his hand. "No wonder you're all skin and bones.

you need to check, she

stand it. Grumbling, he made his way into the kitchen and whipped up a simple bowl of

in her tiny kitchen. He looked

ended up having two

Isadora had to hurry out for a morning inspection at the mall.

door while she dashed back in to grab her forgotten

next door opened, and a woman emerged

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