Once Upon A Time

Adea

Being this close to him, I could make out the metal that bulged through his shirt. I lifted my gaze back to his eyes and he smirked at me. My cheeks flushed, I’d been caught looking. I flinched when he reached out for me. If he saw it, he pretend not to notice and I gulped as his hand wrapped around my neck.

Flashes of his hand on Pan flit through my mind and I tried not to tense up. It’ll look like I’m afraid of him and I don’t want him to think that, no, I don’t want him to know. Only a few minutes ago, this hand had torn through flesh and taken a life.

I try to ignore the small voice that whispers. It tells me he may have just killed a man but his grip on my neck is gentle. His fingers stop on my mark, anger flashes there but it’s gone as quick as it came.

“I’ve always loved your neck,” Shane murmured as his thumb ran up and down the sensitive flesh. I was sensitive and my eyes fluttered. I hated how easily my body bowed to him and his touch.