Haunting-Adeline

“The hell are you doing, Zade?”
The slightest curl to his lips and my mouth instantly dries. I’ll never get
over how easily he morphs from man to beast.
“Just trying to picture what ring would look best on your finger,” he says
lightly. As if he didn’t just send my heart flying into my throat.
Swallowing, I slide my hand from his. “What if I don’t want one? I would
say no.”
Slowly, he drags his eyes up to mine, and the intensity of his stare has
me ques oning why I just can’t be agreeable for once. It would save me
and spare me from his smooth lines that never cease to fail. At least not
completely.
Maybe I’m just addicted to the fear and excitement he awakens in me
when he looks at me… just like that.
Like the beast readying to consume its prey, painfully slow. And I hope
he does go slow. Drags out the torture of being caught between Zade's
teeth.
His hand dri s slowly up past my chest, gently grazing his fingers across
the column of my neck. And then, in an instant, his hand is snapping
around my throat, gripping ght.
I gasp, my eyes widening as his lip curls into a sinister smile.
“I can put a collar around this pre y neck of yours instead. Then you
wouldn’t have the op on to say no. You would just be my good li le girl
that does whatever your master says. Would you like that be er, baby?”
“No,” I snarl, but it tastes like a lie. “You don’t own me. You never will.”
His eyes narrow, and my heart drops.
“Take off my belt, Adeline.” I gape at him, and when I don’t make a
move, his hand ghtens. “Make me ask again and see what happens.”
Clenching my jaw, I reach out and undo the black belt around his waist. I
rip it off, not caring if it breaks. The movement jerks him, and he only grins
in return.
He’s evil.
I dangle the belt between us like I’m holding a dead snake. With the grin
s ll on his smug face, he grabs it from me and lets my throat go.
Just as I suck in a deep breath, he’s wrapping the belt around my neck,
looping it through the buckle, and pulling ght. My eyes bulge like a fish,
the metal bi ng into my skin as the belt constricts.