CHAPTER 99

  Amanda

  I couldn't back away fast enough. My limbs were like heavy weights, and every movement sapped what little energy I had left.

  "Amanda."

  My name on Rigar's lips made me want to curl into a ball and vomit endlessly. I hated him more and more with every second that ticked by.

  Hated him but I couldn't get away from him, I couldn't escape those piercing eyes of his or that cruel smirk that played across his lips.

  Or the memories that threatened to roll over me. It was one thing to be faced by him through the bond, to be forced to bear the insanity of his mind, but having to stare at him in person again was cracking the shell of the woman I had become away from him. The stronger person I thought I was becoming threatened to shatter and fall to the ground in a million pieces.