Chapter 77
Alaric's POV
"This isn't a time to be stubborn, Samantha."
"Must I do everything you ask of me?" she snapped, her eyes darting venom at me. Why did she seem so pissed off at me?
I was confused, shocked, and frustrated by her reasoning, and just then the pain behind my back hit me, and I groaned loudly.
"What's wrong?" She asked in a desperate voice. She looked really concerned as I reached out to hold her when my balance faltered. I peered into her eyes, surprised at the switch from annoyance to such intense worry, and I blinked, pulling my hand away like I didn't know when I touched her.
"I have a knife stuck in my back," her eyes widened in shock the moment the words left my mouth. "Mind removing it?" I asked. I had been so overtaken by my concern for Samantha that I did
