Chapter 09 I heard his chuckle as he pulled me to his chest, muffling my screams with his palm. He finally let go of me when I stopped the screams and I swam away from him, not too far away from him. "What are you doing?" I half-whispered and he only smiled. "You seemed uncomfortable at the hunting grounds" He said, swimming further to me. He saw that? "No, I could feel your fears, Ari. They're feeble and weak, just like you" He said, now almost just an inch away from me. A frown played on my face. "I'm not weak nor feeble" I said with an eye roll. "Hmm hmm" Was all he said. He was now standing right in front of me. I remembered he was still naked, I shouldn't look, I shouldn't, I was fighting inner demons. "You can look" He suddenly said, and my eyes grew widely slowly, almost bul

