Chapter 59

He knew he was doing this on purpose. He just knew. Jealousy constantly flared up in his chest and it felt familiar. He forced it down. He couldn’t afford to lose his control. Not here. Not again. And definitely not with humans who didn’t know why their throats would be torn out if he lost control.

He told himself to leave; told himself to walk away, to let her play whatever dangerous game she thought she was playing. But he stood still behind the tree, eyes glued on her and following her every movement.

He was finally handling it better but she reached the pool. Aria paused at the edge of the blue pool, unknotted the scarf with lazy fingers, and let it slide down her legs. Some of the women around where she stood rolled their eyes while some just… watched.

A man heading in her direction actually missed a step and laughed nervously when it was obvious that he did. Someone else swore under their breath.

Cole’s vision went red at the edges because almost every