Chapter 145

The Prey

“Then do it!” I screamed, twisting in his grasp. “Do something! But don’t just stand there pretending you’re suffering more than me!”

Something in his expression cracked, a fissure of rage and anguish splitting through the walls he’d so carefully built. Before I could react, he hoisted me over his shoulder like I weighed nothing, and world became upside down.

“What are you doing?” I yelled, pounding against his back.

“Shutting you up,” he barked.

I screamed every insult I could think of as he carried me through the hallway, my fists useless against his strength. He kicked open the door to our room and threw me onto the bed, the impact stealing the breath from my lungs.

“You don’t get it, do you?” His voice was a snarl, his chest heaving as he crawled over me and I paned backing away. “Think you can provoke me and walk away? No one gets to crawl under my skin like you do, Fenochka.”

I sat up, grabbing his collar and