ARIA
"You so much as touch me and I'll scream so loud the whole place will hear it."
Kael let out a slow breath, the kind that came from deep in his chest. "Relax, princess. I'm not here to f**k you. We need to talk."
So that was it. All this over my knee. It took real effort not to roll my eyes. "I already said I'm sorry I didn't tell you. But you didn't exactly make space for honesty.
You didn't ask questions. You didn't want answers. You told me to speak only when spoken to. My knee has been bad for years. It hurt when you bent me over the bed and took me from behind. I learned how to deal with it."
Gold flared in his eyes. The air shifted, heavy and sharp, like a warning. I felt it. I ignored it.
"You want the full list?" I kept going. "You've seen the scars. They're not from w
