They Are Huggers

I studied his blue eyes, searching for a sign of deceit, but there wasn't any. "I will as long as we can make it quick. I have classes to teach soon."

"You needn't worry. Time in Polonias passes at a different rate than time here. We can be gone a year according to time in Polonias, and you will only miss a day here. Okay?"

I bit my bottom lip, thinking I didn't understand how time could scroll at different speeds. Time was time.

But I decided to go with it.

If anything about the land or Leo became sketchy, I could use the travel charm to return.

"Let's get this over with, then."

Leo grabbed me around the waist. "Hold still," he whispered, his voice intense. He pressed my body against him, and I held my breath.

I didn't know what to do with my arms, so I wrapped them around his neck. It was strange, the way my body so quickly responded to him.

Momentarily, I felt like I was cheating on Gabe, even though the ass told me that he never wanted to see me again.

I pushed away my guilt