Chapter 98

The Prey

A gasp left my lips as I was slammed against the wall. Excruciating pain ricocheted through my skull from the brutal impact. Fingers tightened around my throat, cutting the air until I felt the burn, both icy and scorching, twist its way down my lungs.

And then there were his eyes.

Pale, arctic, soulless. Judas towered over me like a nightmare made flesh, anger dancing like lightning across the storm of his gaze. His mouth twisted into something between a sneer and a snarl and I saw each vein on his neck pulsing with restrained fury as his face… inches from mine… bore into me with a rage so consuming… and it felt like fire licking along my skin.

“You took me for a fool, Little Bird,” he hissed and I just stared at him unable to form any word. “Did you believe I’d just sit back and watch while you twisted the fucking knife in my back?”

My nails clawed at his hand, and yet he only tightened his hold. I hated how I couldn’t fathom