"You think this is a joke?" he asked‚ and his voice dropped even lower‚ which was somehow a thousand times more frightening than if he had shouted.
"I think you're being possessive over a conversation that meant absolutely nothing‚" I said‚ lifting my chin because I refused to cower even though my heart was slamming so hard against my ribs that it actually hurt. "I signed your contract‚ Thorne. I agreed to your terms. But I didn't agree to be locked in a tower where I can't even talk to people without you dragging me out of the room like a caveman."
His jaw tightened. His nostrils flared. And something behind his eyes shifted from cold fury into something else entirely‚ something darker‚ hungrier‚ more primal than anything I had ever seen on a human face.
He moved so fast I didn't even
