Aurelia's POV
The elevator felt like a cage, but this time I wasn't the helpless prey Ryker expected.
"You think you can intimidate me?" I snarled, letting all my rage and frustration pour into my voice. "You pathetic, obsessive loser."
Before he could react, I drove my knee up hard into his groin.
Ryker doubled over with a strangled scream, his face turning purple as he clutched himself. But I wasn't done.
Years of self-defense classes and Luna's strength flowed through me as I jabbed my fingers toward his eyes.
"This is for stalking me!" I hissed as he stumbled backward, one hand over his face.
I followed up with a sharp elbow to his solar plexus.
"This is for thinking you own me!"
Another strike to his throat made him gag and wheeze.
"And this," I said, grabbing his hair an
