behind her was vio

d clamped hard over her mouth. A thick, muscula

led protests. The hallway lighting had conveniently flickered and died at this end, cloaking them in heavy shadows. Using the momentary distraction of a passing wai

ainst the concrete floor as she was hau

d crack echoed off the narrow walls. A hand reached u

e grabbed both of her shou

ocked the breath out of her lungs. She let out a muffled gasp a

hing against a

his heavy forearm horizontally across her c

ed window, Jackson's eyes were bloodshot. Hi

him to make him propose?" Jackson hiss

he terrified victim act. She glared up at him, her eye

ed the last threa

round her jaw, squeezing hard enough to bruise. He forc

d her teeth ag

u will ever be," she spat out,

muscles in his neck strained. His g

thighs pressed flush against hers. There was absolutely no space left between the

oney to pay off your junkie father's debts?"

ood boil. Chelsea violently jerked her head to

hair swept back. The pulse p

fume-the exact same perfume she wore five y

son

rofound, agonizing confusion flashed across his face. The pure hat

htly. She instantly brought her kne

ht and drove his knee hard between her legs, spreading her thighs

in the crook of her neck. His hot, ragge

lsea's body. Panic, real and suffoc

be able to explain this," she warned,

e in this intimate, twisted posi

mpletely unhinged. He tilted his head. Hi

clamped his teeth down h

shing bite, designed to inflict maximum

t out a loud, agonizing cry. Tears spilled from her eyes. Her hands fl

re, leaving a deep, dark purple indentation. He slowly released hi

lips against

g like a demon crawling out of hell. "Or I will per

a large step back, his chest heav

bolt, and walked out of the

llapsed onto the floor. She pressed her trembling hand against her