Tossing the bones to the side, I release a heavy sigh, feeling Kai’s hand on me tighten.
“Xeraphine…”
When my glossy eyes meet his, I’m taken aback by what I see. I had expected pride, or perhaps the same relief from earlier that I was by his side. But no, that’s not what I find in his gaze.
I swear my heart drops to my stomach.
Anger. Is it directed at me?
Instinctually, I attempt to take a step away from him, but he holds me even tighter.
I swallow roughly, as though I have sandpaper lining the walls of my throat. “Kai? I…”
“Leave us.” I don’t think I’ve ever heard him sound like this. There is seething rage in his lowered tone.
No one here takes orders from anyone, but it’s as though they can feel it as I can, and no one argues. Theyallleave.
Murrow.
I look down nervously at Mister who is sat right beside us. His mouth is opening, I can only assume to keep calling out for me, but Kai growls, “You too.”
My brows pinch as I shoot my attention back up to him. One, where does he get off tellingmycat what to do? Also, why the Beyond would Mister listen… to…
Burrrow.
The feline turns and walks away, and with his departure, silence settles over us as the last of the footsteps fade into the distance. I hadn’t bothered to check our proximity to the house, but in the far off I can hear a door shut—indicating we’re a descent ways away that no one can directly see us.
He shifts, his shoulders squaring toward me.Holy fuck, why am I so nervous? My chest tightens, and sweat beads at my forehead.
Then his nose twitches.
Oh, no?—
In a blink, my back is slamming against a tree and I let out a sharp breath, all the airknocked completely out of my lungs. He has his hand pressed against my chest, and then soon the other clasped around my mouth, silencing me from speaking.
“You kept me from coming with you—controlledme. Did you think I’d let that go unpunished?” My eyes round, and I shake my head. Of course I didn’t, but what the fuck is this primal wave of testosterone he is exuding?!
“Good, we will come back to that, because I’mpissed. But first…” He delivers that last word slowly, and with a rumble that travels straight to my pussy. It’s like he pressed a vibrator against my clit, and as if on instinct, I rub my thighs together wanting some sort of relief.
I mumble through his hand, “What did I—” He sandwiches his body against mine and pinches my nose.
He didn’t even let me take a fucking breath—asshole!
“Why aren’t you wearing the clothes you left in,mylittle demon?!”
Shit…
I squirm, one of my hands coming to his shoulders to begin pushing him off. My other balls into a fist and punches his chest, but as though he is a statue, he doesn’t even budge.
How does he expect me to answer him when I can’t even breathe!?
Shaking my head, I kick out and attempt to push harder, but he just leans all the way in, his head resting against mine as he whispers into my ear. “You didn’t give what is mine away did you?”
I shake my head, my face heating as I open my mouth to try and bite him.
“Xeraphine…” he growls. “Then WHY are you wearing just a fucking toga?!” He kicks one of my feet out, and then releases my mouth.
Sucking in a sharp breath, I nearly fall over but he grabs me around my waist and holds me up.
