I stare across the table at Jeremy, and wonder if I will make it through our first date without trying to kill him.

He couldn’t be the type of guy she probably deserved—someone her own age without baggage or complications. But he could be the man she needed.

She licked her parched lips, moistening them, preparing them. “You could lose your job.”“You could be expelled.”“It’s unethical.”“Dangerous.”His mouth hovered only millimeters over hers. “We doing this?”She hooked her arms around his neck. “God yes.

You want to know what I’m going to do to you if you consent to playing with me tonight?” His hot breath tickled the shell of her ear. “Anything I want.

Don't think, Ember...just burn.