Thalia sat kneeling on the cold stone with blood dripping from her mouth, and she smiled up at Jordan while her eyes began to glow white in the dim stairwell.
Jordan looked uncomfortable for a moment, his confident smirk faltering as he stared at her glowing eyes, but then his wolf pulled to the surface and his own eyes flashed amber. He drew his long knife from his belt with a sharp hiss of steel and pointed it at her neck.
"You think I won't kill you right here, right now?" His voice shook with anger.
She slowly stood up despite the pain in her ribs, despite the exhaustion threatening to pull her down, and she pressed her neck deliberately against the blade's edge. "Do you f*****g dare?"
He blinked, totally confused for a minute, and he bent his head closer with a smile spreading acr
