Chapter 10

If there was one thing I refused to lose, it had to be control—and at the moment I had none.

Fuck.

It was all because of her.

My head throbbed from the lack of sleep I managed to get last night. Every time I closed my eyes, all I could see was her. Four-eyes.

Her bold behavior, her piercing blue eyes, that stupid look on her face when she thought she could walk into my room and reject me. Me?

I panicked and did what I had to do—so I kissed her. Again.

It was all to show her I had the upper hand, and she did not.

Not even close.

But that small kiss turned into something unforgettable, and now I wanted more. Those soft lips had only strengthened my pull toward her, and I felt disgusted. I knew what that kiss in the woods had done to me, and still…

I wasn’t supposed to want her, and it wasn’t really me that wanted her—it was the beast.

I knew it was the beast because I couldn’t care for anything or anyone other than my pe