CHAPTER 25: ZARA AND DARIUS
ZARA:
I didn't want to be another notch on some powerful man’s belt, just another cheap girl to be used for a night and then discarded like a piece of trash. I started to pull away, my heart hammering a frantic rhythm against my ribs, but Darius’s grip on my hand tightened, his fingers locking around mine with a strength that was both possessive and inescapable.
"Behave," he said. The word wasn't a suggestion; it was an order, delivered with an authoritative, low rumble that seemed to vibrate through the very air. My body rebelled, but my willpower crumbled; I couldn't ignore the command. And I had been waiting to see him all night. Now that he was right beside me, I wasn't going to throw away the opportunity just so I could please my ego.
He guided me towar
