CHAPTER 227 Come to Me Part 3

  ~ JESSE ~

  I froze, gaping at him, waiting for him to grin and say it was a joke. But he didn't. "Cazz… What are you-"

  "Let. Me. Compel you," he whispered, then reached up to push a strand of hair back from my face and tucked it tenderly behind my ear. "I won't do you any harm. I will talk to you, stroke you, use it to make your body sing."

  "But.. you already do- why would you need to-"

  "Because I demonstrated my trust in you- trust I had given to no one. Ever. And then you threw it back in my face, and undermined me in front of the entire pack."

  It was so strange. His expression was disapproving, but not angry. And his touch was soft. But his words were not. Yet he stared at me like we were just talking. If I hadn't sensed the edge in him through the bond, or seen the tension in his jaw, I would have thought he was fine.

  "Cazz… what happened? Why are you acting like this?"