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And I hate that.
This isn’t the Kingsley I know.
And he’s definitely not the Kingsley who raised our daughter for both of us during those long twenty years.
“King…” I croak, my voice breaking due to pressure and the way blood nearly explodes in my face.
I think he’ll finish me now and there will be a sad tombstone on my grave that probably doesn’t say “Mother.”
And that is just not how I’ll go.
“King!” I screech with all my power in a last-ditch attempt.
His fingers halt the massacring mission, slowly loosening, but he doesn’t remove them.
I suck in greedy intakes of air through the small opening, nearly choking on my own breaths.
“What the fuck are you doing here, Aspen?” His voice is deeper, almost guttural, and draws shivers over my spine.
“Gwen…Gwen said you were mad and I thought…well, you mentioned that this place offers the yang to your yin.”
“Fuck,” he releases the word in a long breath. “God-fucking-dammit.”
His fingers tighten around my throat again and I yelp, bracing myself for the squeeze. But he doesn’t do that. At least, not all the way.
Instead, he puts pressure on the sides, turning me dizzy but not in a threatening way. It’s a show of who holds the power and almost…seductive in nature.
“Why do you even remember that?” His voice is still rough, full of tension, but it’s also not as scary as a minute ago.
“I have a strong memory.”Of you.
“You’re not supposed to be here. Leave.”
“I can’t do that when you have your hand around my throat, genius.”
He uses his hold to pull me forward, then slams me back against the tree, not violently like earlier, more like to drive a point home. “That mouth of yours will get you in a lot of trouble.”
“Already done.”
“You’re a fucking nuisance.”
“And you’re a damn asshole.”
“You might want to shut your mouth, witch. Provoking me is the last thing you want to do under the current circumstances.”
My thighs clench and the tingles I’ve been feeling since he cornered me pool between them.
Sanity must’ve definitely left the building of my skull because I glare up at him. “You don’t tell me what to do—”
My words end in a gasp when he crashes his lips to mine.
It’s a violent kiss, as savage as he is and just as destructive. My teeth clank with his and my body comes completely undone.
Any hint of control I used to yield shatters and withers at his feet. I’m lost in the intensity of his lips on mine, of how his tongue conquers my own, leaving me no choice but to kiss him back with a wild energy that matches his.
Still choking me, his thumb grazes my chin, tilting it up so he can deepen the kiss while his other hand slides from my waist to the hem of my dress.
His movements drip with utter discipline, but there’s zero patience behind them. He has no interest in seducing me, talking dirty to me, or being somewhat charming like the last time.
