-Lilian-
This was it. I was going to be forcefully claimed and trapped here. This was never my intention.
“Please don’t claim me…I’m not ready…” I braced myself for the sharp piece of canines breaking my skin. But it never came, I felt the pressure on my head lifted. Slowly, I turned. Ocean-blue eyes stared back at me, wide, horrified and full of guilt.
“Kane?” He didn’t move. It was like he was afraid to.
“I am so sorry, Lilian…” I couldn’t stay here. I needed distance. Space, some air. I didn’t trust that Apollo wouldn’t surge forward again and finish what he'd started. Before he could say another word, I shoved Kane away from me, hard enough to break contact and ran for the door.
“Lilian!” I didn’t stop. I ran down the corridor, up the stairs to the room I’d been given, slamming
