Chapter 71

“Feel better?”

“Mhm,” I muttered.

“What’s your name?”

“Why do you ask?” As soon as the words left my mouth, I wanted to take them back. What the fuck was wrong with me?

He stared at me with wide eyes. “Because it’s the polite thing to ask.”

Damn, I hated it when I had to apologize for being an ass. “You’re right. Sorry. I’m Daniel Erickson.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Ax.”

My mouth fell open and I scrambled as far away from him as I could. “Ax? As in you’re gonna chop me up and kill me, ax? Are you fucking kidding me right now?”

He groaned and rubbed his eyes with his thumb and index finger. “No. As in short for Axel.”

“Ax? You look like that—” I gestured up and down his huge body, “—and your name is Ax?”

“Yeah.” It was more of a miserable sigh than a word.