She turned in his arms and seized him. Before he realized what she was doing, she literally flipped him onto the bed and was on top of him, straddling his hips.

Valerius laughed. “You know, a lesser man might actually be afraid of you.”

Laughing, she slung her hair over her shoulders to trail down her back. “Are you afraid of me, Val?”

“No,” he said honestly. “I like that you know what you want and aren’t afraid to take it.”