ribs. He held her pinned against his chest, ref

growl vibrating against her back. "You are

her spine. It wasn't anger. It was pure, blinding panic.

ggling would only trigger his preda

rom her muscles. She slumped backward, l

sts caging her waist. She turned in his grip until she face

aid. Her voice was steady,

dark eyes locked onto hers, bloods

is going to be at the freshman assembly today. She stole what rightfully belongs to me, and I refuse to

ntic panic in Damien's eyes paused. A f

"I'm going to take back what belongs to me. And I'm go

st for revenge in her eyes was completely foreign to t

d locked. "And if I

g onto her toes. She opened her mouth and

amien. He gasped, his grip on he

round his neck. She rubbed her nose ag

her voice dripping with honey and absolute bossiness.

But you have to let me go. Because when I c

ed with the physical weight of her body clingi

eep, shuddering breath, forcing the

eck and crashed his mouth down on hers. It was a

reathing hard. His thumb roughly wiped t

the empty air. "Tell Ray to br

ys lingered in the shadows, materialize

escorting her to the grand foyer. He personally

at the bottom of the stone steps. Ray, th

. She rolled down the tinted window and l

dictator," she teased

frozen on the steps. He reached up, his fingers brushing the faint bi