Chapter 81

Perhaps that last act of rebellion put him in a bad mood. The lion growled differently and pressed me with different force against his body, hurting me.

“WHAT? What do you THINK you can do?” he told me, raising his voice for the first time in the whole time. I felt his blue eyes piercing the back of my neck, in some strange way. “I have no need to kill you, you are nothing. You are nobody. You won’t cause problems. I could snap your neck and end this now, but I think you’re more useful alive. You look like a strong woman, and you’re young. Human, a shame, but you could give two or three good puppies before you completely break down,” he said, and the disgust I felt just thinking about that hand touching another part of my body made me think I would vomit. “I can’t underestimate a woman like you. Álvaro has spoken very well to me about you, and you came here armed, furious. With them, as if you were one of them. You are quite a lioness. I’m not going to lie, you’re very differe