MALAKAI
“Get. Out,” I commanded. It wasn't a shout; it was a low-frequency vibration. “If you are not gone by the time I draw my next breath, I will have the guards drag you to the dungeons for insubordination. Do not test me, Talia. I am finished with you.”
Talia finally saw the edge. She saw the true anger behind my eyes, the darkness that had nothing to do with games or seduction. She stood up, her face pale now, but her pride wouldn't let her leave quietly.
She stepped closer again, one last desperate attempt to regain her footing.
“You’re making a mistake,” she hissed, reaching for the buttons of her own bodice. “You’re alone, wounded, and—”
I didn't let her finish. With one sharp, violent movement of my arm, I flung her away from me. I didn't use my full strength—I would have k
