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The words were so simple they made me snap. I hadn’t endured years of psychological abuse only to have someone like him come into my life and flip it upside down in less than two months. I hadn’t survived just to have a man come into my life and stake his claim on me, like I was some sort of doll.
Yet, why was it that all reason seemed to vanish from my mind as soon as our eyes met? It was beyond my understanding why such ridiculous emotions would run through me.
“No.” I raised my voice, and his finger fell from my lip. “You can’t tame me, Davorin. No one can.”
He was so quick to respond that it had my mind spinning. “Are you sure about that?”
I nodded. But his low voice made my body tingle, and there was nothing I was sure of in that moment. He could’ve told me that the Earth was flat, and I would’ve agreed. That was how much power he already had over me.
“Your body doesn’t seem to agree, my sweet Kaya,” he murmured. “Because no matter what you say, as soon as I touch you, you lean into it.”
I paused, removing my eyes from him for a split second to think about it. Shame came over me as soon as I realized he spoke the truth.
“Tell me,” Davorin said, and as if he was my master, I immediately looked back up at him—only to find his hungry gaze lingering all over my body, “if I touched you right now, how wet would you be?”
Was it too terrible that a part of me wanted him to find out?
“I wouldn’t be,” I responded, my voice low.
A wide grin spread over his face, and it promised nothing but trouble. The more I talked to him, saw him, the deeper the grave I was digging for myself. The more I defied him, the more he wanted to defile me.
But there was nothing to defile. He didn’t need to know that though. As long as I was enjoying this twisted game, he would be able to get whatever he wanted from me.
“Somehow, I don’t believe you, little lion.”
His words came out in a whisper, and it was decided. For the time being, he could do whatever he wanted to me, and I wouldn’t complain. Hell, it took all my self-control not to ask for it myself.
His fingers touched my cheek once again, before he slowly dragged them down, stopping at my collarbone.
A thrill ran through my body, the anticipation almost killing me. It was becoming too much too quickly. I’d never been one to quiver under a man’s touch, yet only a slight move from Davorin was enough to turn me into a whining mess.
The sound of a key turning in the front door snapped me back to reality. I was quick to pull out my gun, turn the safety off, and aim. Davorin made no move to stop me—he just raised a curious eyebrow at me.
As soon as the door opened, I shot one bullet into the new arrival’s shoulder.
The girl let out a scream as she slumped to her knees, her other hand grabbing at the wound. Blood oozed from it and ran down her arm, ruining the thin jacket she was wearing.
“What the fuck?” She seemed confused to see me, once she’d registered my presence. “Why is she here?”
I ignored her and turned to Davorin. “This is how I deal with intruders. And if you ever come to my home uninvited again, you’ll face a fate worse than an injured shoulder.”
He didn’t seem too pleased by my statement, though as soon as I walked past him and the girl, I couldn’t stop the grin that spread over my face. Our cat-and-mouse game had just begun, and I was waiting for the little mouse to truly come out of hiding.
Perhaps this wasn’t too bad. Everyone needed fun from time to time, and I’d just found mine.
S E V E N
XENIA was snoring too loudly. It was the only audible thing in my home, and it was pissing me off. Although the room she’d chosen was on the other side of the hallway, her snoring was still loud enough to keep me awake.
I hadn’t slept a wink. I tossed and turned for hours, and all I thought about was Davorin. Of course, the girl had also come to mind often, bringing with her a feeling of displeasure. Something about her irritated me, though our meeting hadn’t lasted more than a minute.
The whole thing was making me irked, and I didn’t like feeling so uneasy. It never ended well. Someone always got hurt, and quite frankly, I never cared who it was or how badly I’d hurt them, as long as the feeling vanished.
However, I couldn’t behave like that. Dominik was coming, and that was huge. I was afraid what our father might have entrusted him with, and once I saw a message from Xenia saying Viktor was coming too, my mood had changed drastically.
I took Xenia to get lunch whilst we waited for my home to be cleaned. It was a small diner, with only a few people around. Xenia had brought her laptop with her, because I needed her skills yet again.
“There’s not that much information on her, I’m telling you,” she repeated for the fourth time. I’d nagged her to find out everything she could about the girl from Davorin’s studio, but she’d come up mostly empty-handed.
