JAVIER
She was going to be the death of me.
Or the salvation I never knew I needed.
I had her slammed against the stone wall the second the heavy doors sealed behind us, my body caging her completely. One hand braced beside her head, the other still locked around her wrist like a manacle. So different from the meek little princess I had married months ago.
In her place was *this* creature. Sharp-mouthed. Ferociously clever. So fucking alive it made my chest ache with possessive rage. The way she had torn into Catalina in front of the entire court, the way she had touched me like she owned me, the way she had whispered "your whore" in my ear with that wicked smile… every word had been a blade wrapped in silk. And it made me harder than I had ever been in my life.
