Chapter 23

XANDER

My jaws clench, my hands balling into tight fists. My body shakes with the effort it was taking me to hold back and not throw my shaking fists.

I didn't realize I'd cut into my palms, causing blood to drip from the gash until Daciana spoke.

"Stop hurting yourself. It isn't going to help."

She mutters, moving so she was putting at least a few steps between us. The blood must have touched her.

She had been standing close to me.

"Nah, I'm actually loving this." Donovan snorts, swirling the bourbon in his glass. "What are they doing now? Fucking in the middle of the woods?"

A menacing grow ripples from my chest, causing him to raise both his hands up in surrender.

"Damn. I was just kidding."

I shoot Daciana a look and she sighs before moving to where Donovan reclined on a chair. His feet propped on the table in front of him.

"If you're not going to hel