Chapter 26

Sonja

If you asked me to put my finger on what just happened, I wouldn’t be able to. A shadow passed over the man Cai’s features and his eyes turned a deep crimson, almost black in their darkness. Curling his hand around my arm he tugged me closer, forcing me to stare up at him.

“You’ll never ever say that again,” he hissed at me, the pressure on my arm enough to be uncomfortable but not enough to bruise.

“But—” I objected.

“No,” he replied before dragging me after him into what I assumed to be my chambers everyone was talking about. It really did look fit for a princess with the giant canopy bed in the center. Thrusting me forward, Cai let me go, letting me tumble to the softness only able to stop by bracing myself for the fall.

What was going to happen to me? The coldness in his eyes made me shiver.

“You don’t have to do this.”

He cocked his head to the side, strands of his blond hair curling around his ear.

“You’re wrong.