m

fr

ould hear it too. His quiet chuckle sent a shiver down my spine

opened them, I quickly scanned the room, evaluating my surroundings

s it should. His cold fingers traced slow, deliberate circle

ted out, despising th

oulder before spinning me around with startling ea

ated wh

ous. He was devastatin

tle on a single emotion. His dark brown waves of hair framed his face perfectly, grazing his

pulled into an arrogant smirk that made me

ell was wr

" His voice was smooth, laced with amusement, but be

a rogue openly revealed

et, I

t just a

d before were slop

reacting to it in a way I didn't like. I s

ason enough

fixing him with a sharp glare. So what if

ing like this one," my

ght. And I

hing else too, something

suggested, forcing a saccharine smile onto my lips. I just

is eyes searched mine. Then, his knuckle brushed

ched. I should'v

a shiver ra

t about it," he murmured,

sharpening, darkening as he lock

is line of s

the rogue's ey

n my

ded, gritting my teeth, suppressing t

use he wants what's mine, of course." His voice was a q

ast me, heading s

stinct, grabb

f. But something about this rogue-his sheer presence,

e back. His once-grey eyes now burned molten

at my mind, desperate to c

away. Not out of

er felt anything

," I hissed. "And get t

ain, as if he was struggling to contain himself. He looked a

I didn'

t.

in pain. "This is harder than I

was stra

uttered, jerking away fr

What about

ghtening. We were at the far end of the room, away from the

his eyes, they

ze snapped p

th

ing Nathan's confused expression be

gue wa

was N

whispered. "Th

t? Why was he t

hell did he

he room frantically. Then my

blood r

the edge, held by the t

he tables and darted from the room, gl

ser, Amber, or

l did he kn

d out, "A-Am

damn c

" I growled, i

ter knife won't hurt me, Princess. B

, put h

rked.

my mistak

, w

let

throat-only to see Nathan land

fall

de

had set

y registering my own hea

something I couldn't hear, then Nathan

him?" I demanded,

I just told him to go home an

at him

ow nothing about us." His vo

ran down

ipping the knife tighter.

a mock bow, eyes gleaming

ghtened, his voice thick with something unre