The skin where Niklaus touched immediately flared red from friction. Freya winced in pain, barely opening her eyes to glance at him.
"Niklaus... don't touch me..." she mumbled, shifting away from him.
The room fell into a deafening silence, filled only with their heavy breathing.
Whatever control Niklaus had been maintaining snapped in that moment. His body radiated primal energy as he pulled her back, pinning her beneath him.
"I'm not allowed to touch you, but Jonas is?" he growled. "Freya, should I call you clever for knowing exactly how to provoke a male's instinct to dominate, or are you just being foolish?"
Freya didn't respond, her body limp under his grip as if she'd fallen back asleep.
Niklaus's gaze traveled across her flushed face. His throat bobbed as he roug
