" It was the first time I could actually understand the seduction and the allure of baring your throat to a predator. It had always seemed like madness to me, or the result of reading too many novels. It still did. But there was the barest sway of my body toward him.
His hair swung out to briefly curtain our faces. There was something in his expression that I couldn’t entirely decipher.
And then he stepped back abruptly, his familiar smirk erasing that mysterious warmth I’d glimpsed.
Chloe was the first break the silence. She let out a shaky breath.
“Is it suddenly hot out here, or what?”
"Chapter 10 "
― Alyxandra Harvey , Out for Blood (Drake Chronicles, #3)