“You think you’re funny?” He laughed, a sickening sound that twisted something inside me. "You’re a f*****g joke."
I could feel him pressing against me now, his body a solid wall of control. I hated how his proximity made my skin crawl. I hated how, despite everything, I couldn’t escape it.
Then—snap—Theodus’s fingers cracked through the air, sharp like a whip.
The beta jerked forward, his gaze on me still filled with that hunger, that loathing.
"Come here," Theodus ordered, his voice cold. “Now.”
The beta didn’t flinch. He stepped forward, almost mechanical, but his eyes never left mine.
I flinched when Theodus shoved me to my knees, and my hands scraped against the cold floor as I bit back a gasp. My heart was hammering in my chest, but I didn’t give him the satisfaction of flinch
