Alexandros snarls. “Keep your bloodlust under control, Axl, or I will be forced to do it for you.”
Closing my eyes, I twist my head from side to side and try to drown out the ravenous hunger pervading every cell of my body.
His hands are on me again, this time on either side of my face, and his voice is gentler. “You are stronger than the beast inside you. I taught you better than this.”
I gnash my teeth. I know.
I reopen my eyes, and he gives me a single nod before turning back to his desk. Go clean up your mess.
Chapter
Twenty-Nine
XAVIER
Despite her hooded sweatshirt, Ophelia shivers and tries to curl into a ball on the porch bench. I resist the urge to wrap my arms around her and share my body heat. I know how this night will end, and there’s no sense making it any more painful
