parkling bursts on the carpet. Jade stood frozen, shortly breath, wh
are
r gaze set himself on the man seated in front of her, the one who had just seal his destiny with a simple fi
id not survive by crossing your journey, even less by engaging in it. And ye
st the panic that w
dity, she whispere
eemed to dig to the soul. He had not yet spoken, contenting himself with
as if this discussi
t, Jade. I have
e. A debt. He reduced it to a simple currenc
e, she replied,
ing his arms with a casualness whi
in a calm voice.
lowed was more freez
r rib cage. Each instinct in her howled to flee,
iam by slightly tilting your head. But then
ent was clear. He didn't only want her for herself. He wanted what she represen
didn't even need to raise h
for a trace of remorse. There was n
she whispered, more f
shadow spread over the ground, an
leave
NO
ad just collapsed and he expected th
, arming an eyebrow. To say g
serve a single second more from his loyalty. But that did no
elf in front of
to be obediently foldin
s of man. He was neither amused
disappointe
ct an immediate submission. He knew she
losed, and she was trapped with a m
bsolute certainty: Liam Blackwo
ught it t
e ground. Jade, a trembling of rage, refused to give a sin
se papers, I will
if his patience was inexhaustible. He stared at it, his insumeable b
finally conceded, her
a tyrant,
ost: her arrogance or her absolute ce
his voice or threaten. He represented an unshakable force, a wall ag
ct is already
back, tig
iage will n
it will
his voice was
't force
rnative would leav
fr
do yo
needed an effort to
u have no way to defend yourself, no escape. I am the only thing that
efer this world to
u wouldn
conviction ma
, she whispered
reducing space between t
Tr
ed between them lik
this invisible prison t
doing this?
ly. He lowered his head slight
ause
ry to make up the truth. He had power
uld not le
iam Blackwood, because I w
touched
than a real threat. Jade did not move, her breath suspended pending th
hispered Liam in an icy
essure from the knife, but she did not give
ng to be content to accept your
acing it on the table between them. He watched it, h
not a questi
rba the rage tha
a question of cho
a smile, cold
let me expl
ng the distance with a deliberate slowness. Jade refused t
ourself, try to run away, brave
ers, close enough to feel t
not a pat
ed his gaze wi
simply refus
head, as if his qu
f belonging, Jade. It'
, no attachment. Just a
t? I offer you a battl
eaning against the
lose, it will be
g her body trembled under the
iam. Because I d
d in his eyes, alm
s struck Jade as an
ek, you wil
nsulting neutrality, as if he announced a simple f
r her. A week. Seven days before
e the right, she
if the question did not e
erything is al
the table against the table, causin
can't
passive in the f
nk it's a nego
t, he gets annoyed, that he loses this freezing control
right? Do you think a piece of pape
s if this conversation ma
of paper. It's an a
e corrected with
moment, before slightl
ll depen
art bumps brutally
can't
en an attempted awakening. It was
ulated slowness, he approached, reducing the space b
talked a
chill cro
hy? she
use I de
at will be
to introduce myself
as the most terrifying
-