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Yet, even in the darkness, I saw his face perfectly. He’d grown a whole lot cockier since removing the mask. As if he knew how torturous it was, how tempting it was. Davorin’s face was right out of a magazine cover, and he had his eyes set on me. Only me.
“Go away,” I whispered, my voice cracking.
My chin rested on my knees, which were hugged to my chest.
Instead of listening, he approached me. He was quick to sit next to me. In an instant, his cold hand was underneath my chin, forcing my head up. Davorin’s eyes were narrowed, and not once did he look away.
“Jesus Christ,” he whispered. “When was the last time you slept?”
My eyes must have been bloodshot. Instantly, my stomach grumbled. I snapped my eyes shut. Embarrassment washed over me as the grumbling continued for a solid minute.
“It’s been a while,” I breathed.
Davorin’s jaw clenched as he slowly released my chin. He took in my appearance, which was terrible. My hair resembled a bird’s nest, and I reeked of sweat. I’d been too hot for hours now and had been unable to lower my temperature.
“What—no,whothe fuck scared you this much?”
I flinched at his words. It was something he didn’t need to know, and it wasn’t something I was going to tell him. It was my business and mine only—involving him would’ve brought complications later.
“No one.”
“Bullshit,” he spat. “It took me forty minutes to break down the door, and you didn’t hear me at all. You’re too observant, too smart for that. I won’t ask again—who dared to hurt you?”
I shook my head. “No one. Drop it.”
“Lying to me is useless, little lion,” he murmured, his thumb grazing my cheek. “I’ll find out who it was, and I’ll hunt them down. No one gets to make you afraid.”
Slowly, the anger seemed to return, twice as strong. “It’s none of your business,” I told him through gritted teeth. “Stop meddling. No one asked for your input.”
He tilted his head to the side. “None of my business?” he repeated slowly. “Anything regarding you is my business. I’ve told you already—you belong to me. Mind, body, and soul. Your worries and troubles are mine to bear.”
As twisted as it sounded, it made my heart flutter. I was never truly going to give into his warped fantasies. A part of me would never belong to him. Yet, the other part wanted nothing more than to be owned by him. It was almost a need.
After all, I did my best with toxic relationships. The toxicity was thrilling. He wanted to possess me, and I was going to fight him, every step of the way, until he learned that no matter what I told him, I’d been his from the first moment I’d seen him.
“There are some things I can’t tell you,” I replied. “And quite frankly, I don’t trust you.”
“Trust me?” He laughed. “You don’t need to trust me, Kaya. Whether you like it or not, I’m never leaving. And if I do leave, I’m taking you with me.”
I blinked. “I can see that.” Sarcasm dripped from my tongue. “You come and then disappear for weeks at a time.”
Davorin’s lips twitched upwards. “Did you miss me, little lion?”
My eyes widened, and my mouth dropped open. How the hell did he get that from what I said? Before I could add a snarky remark, he spoke again.
“Don’t worry,” he tried to soothe me. “I’m never leaving for that long again. And neither are you.”
“I’m sorry?”
He grinned. “Did you think I came without a reason? I’m taking you with me.”
I snorted. “I’d like to see you try.”
His nostrils flared. “Must you be so difficult? It’s happening regardless of whether you accept or not.”
“Why does it have to be me? It could’ve been anyone else, Davorin—anyone else.”
“That’s where you’re wrong, Kaya. No one else looks death in the eyes and thinks how handsome death is. No one else is so stupidly brave as to seek me out after I’ve let them live, and I don’t let people live, little lion. You’re the only exception.”
