Chapter 11

I was still in the crosshairs of that dark and intense gaze. I couldn't tell if Commander John Chase could see in my eyes, in the half-light of the room, the horror and shame that now filled my thoughts and heart, and if he could, what did it do to him?

He took a deep breath.

" Don't you know what to say, princess?" asked Chase.

I sighed in the face of the inevitable.

" How can I look into your eyes without seeing the blood you have spilled?"

" And who did I spill this blood for?" asked the commander.

His question was completely unfair, I didn't ask anyone to fight for my hand.

" How dare you try to put this blood on my hands? You killed for power!" I shouted at him.

Suddenly, his hands pushed me backwards onto the bed, his weight crushed me on it, I gasped for breath, but then his mouth claimed mine again. This time more aggressively, his hands went inside my dress and that drew a horrified scream from me, would he really do that?

I tr