"Let me go," I snarled through my teeth, yanking my hand from his as soon as we entered the penthouse. The penthouse was beautiful, in that icy, deliberate way all of James' apartments seemed to be. Floor-to-ceiling windows framed the shining skyline to perfection, the city alive and pulsing below us, but walls closing in on me suffocated. I could feel it in the atmosphere unseen shackles, the reminder so quiet, so quiet, that I was exactly where he desired. Trapped. James had taken me to one of his hidden homes place where no one could find me, with no way to call for help. The walls, so modern and luxurious, seemed more like bars on a gilded cage. James moved effortlessly across the room, filling two glasses to the rim with dark, rich liquid. The ice softly clinked as he spun the g

