Chapter 69

ADRIANA

I'm guessing I didn't think this through. And I definitely underestimated Xander's strength, or his resilience.

If this has never worked before, then I really hope it does now. I need the ground to open up and swallow me, like, right this minute before Xander fully has control over his body.

I'm bloody, he is bloody. But he doesn't look hurt.

The psychopath is looking at me with hunger. Something dark is lurking in his eyes. The emotions I was hoping to see are nowhere to be found.

Hurt and pain.

There is none of that. The man seems weirdly happy about what is happening.

I should have hit him in the heart. Maybe that'll finally get the stupid smile off his face. How did he even get here so fast? I have no idea which side of the house he was in, but it couldn't have been close.

He would have done something to stop me from destroying his things. Right? Then again, this could be a coincidence. Bu