Chapter 346: Friday. Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon.

Adult Vara was going to be a hell of a lot of fun. He watched her step into the tub and pull the curtain back. Only then did the ability to breathe return to him. He sucked down the humid air, more focused than ever on his goals. On Vara and what they could be if she'd give them a second chance.

Alec shucked the rest of his clothes in record time. He pulled the curtain back just enough to step in. Vara stood facing him, her face tipped up to the shower head. Her dark hair was slicked to her shoulders and chest like some kind of silky cape. Her nipples poked through the tendrils, dusky brown discs against her olive skin.

God damn she was beautiful.

And he wasn't going to pounce on her. Not yet.

He grabbed the tiny bottle of hotel soap and squirted most of it in his hands while she watched.

"Going to scrub my back?" she asked.

"Yup." And the rest of her.