ra

and the thin silk of my nightgown. The mention of my Heat, tri

nswered, his voice completely rigid

nd. "I guess I will have to walk do

e wooden floor. A massive hand grabbed my shoulder, spinning me around and dragging me back into t

door, his large body pressing flush against mine. His che

ded animal. "Stop. You are tearing him apart." He pressed his fist again

his face, my thumbs trac

"You made a contract with Selene. You threw me aw

ng down, his lips a millimeter away from mine. But right before our skin touched, he violently jerked his head b

ce of his willpower to

slapped him hard across the left cheek. Before he could react,

gain," I hissed, my chest rising and falling rapidly.

s glowing with a terrifyin

cks echoed against the w

called out from the hal

deafening, monstrous growl, a sound that was instantly swallowed by the thick, soundproofed walls of the old

m territory that was no longer his, and it tasted of salt and iron and utter d

tside the door, finally faded away down the hall. Kael finally pulled

spered, his voice trembling with a s

ut into the dark hallway, leaving

ng a frantic rhythm. I walked over to his bookshelf to steady myself,

Something shiny slipped out from between the yellowed pages and ro

breath completely

same ring I had thrown into the free

ng the memory of the sea. He had gone into the water after it. He had

ge of something else-a second object, wrapped i

er with a blade black as dried blood. Its hilt was

th. A curse that could

er only birthed a darker question: W