Elise.
Jace threw the bucket aside, cussing in all colors of the rainbow. He was about to reach for me, when I got snatched out of nowhere and carried down the hallway.
“Put me down!” I screamed, unable to punch Hunter. He managed to toss me effortlessly over his shoulder, pinning both my hands to his chest as he carried me.
I couldn’t even freaking kick him in this position. As if he knew what I was thinking, he chuckled, saying, “Not today, little monster.”
There was something in the way he said it that made it sound almost s****l, and I couldn’t help the heat sprouting across my cheeks. I was certain it wasn’t what he meant, but…
“Let me go, or so help me, I will–”
“Yes?” I didn’t have to see his face to know that he found this highly amusing.
“Hunter, I swear…”
He made a turn i
