a's

t I couldn't afford to show any weaknes

ing replaying itself in my mind over and over agai

. And I could feel

e doors that were glistening so much, li

but I ignored it,

t enough to make it known that

very soft ding of the passing floors a reminder that my time w

. And far too astu

e. Sebastian's office loomed before me, its heavy glass do

ack to me by the floor-to-ceiling window, an early m

ut the sharpness of his form let

smooth but cold like ice cracking

a smile as I approach

blue eyes narrowing as they locked

ad carefully here. "I'm h

s presence suffocating in

ust a breath

heat, close enough I could feel t

softly, his voice full of someth

o tell

eaped into

the files I'd been digging through? I couldn't

yes and asked him,

games," Sebastian said, looking into my eyes, tr

aze. I wouldn't. "I'

nd my wrist in a flash, the same way he

, as the infinitesimal distance between us

sly, this was not goi

tting too close,

m n

flew open and hit the wall wi

e doorway, his face hard as his eyes quickly s

uch a feeling of tension you could almost fe

t planned for Noah to be he

g here?" Sebastian's voice was ice,

astian's fury wasn't someth

ile he knew I detested. "I thought I'

pping between us like a wolf guar

oah added, "I'm ju

ee both of them struggling for dominance, s

r Noah. This was about me. About t

ing forward and cutting through t

glimmer of something like laug

dangerously. "What the hel

't think you were the only one in control, right,

ine, and I felt the full force of hi

t now, thanks to Noah, he was

o take con

words, stepping between them

e was just as dangerous,

like you've been p

e and strolling deeper into the room. "Don't b

Noah," I shouted

r. I needed to diffuse the

ng down. He was enjoy

ng with mischief, "we have a common goal; you

clenching at his side. "Get out," he mut

en, with one last smirk, he turned and strolled back towar