Ava stiffened, her lungs seizing as she drew in a ragged, shallow breath.
"You must be out of your mind!" she roared, the sound tearing from her throat in a rasp.
She lunged for the door, her fingers clawing at the polished wood, desperate for the hallway, for the street, for anywhere that wasn't here. But the exit was a mile away in her mind, and Dominic was a shadow that moved faster than light. His hands, large and unyielding, clamped around her waist. He hoisted her off her feet with a grunt of exertion, ignoring her frantic squirming, and threw her onto the expansive silk duvet. He wasn't violent, the landing was cushioned but the indignity of it sparked a fire in her blood.
"You bastard!" she screamed, her voice cracking as she scrambled to find her footing on the shifting mattre
