Chapter 233

He dropped me on the floor and cracked Rohan's skull into the wall. Once. Twice. Frost slithered down the wall. "One warning. Back. Off."

He stepped over me and left.

I curled in a ball, dragging in a deep breath. Big mistake. I shook with a wracking cough, air hitting my half-frozen, tortured lungs.

Blood dripped out of Rohan's ears as he knelt over me to scoop me into his arms, the drops falling in slow motion. Each plump droplet hit the carpet with a rumbled thud before fracturing, staining the fibers.

He ran the water in the jacuzzi in the bathroom, only letting go of me long enough to strip us of our clothes, before lowering me into the tub braced against his back.

"Cold." My words came out a garbled mumble. My teeth wouldn't stop chattering.

"Here." He shifted for maximum skin contact, wrapping his legs around me.