14. Two birds, one stone

I stood there, frozen in the hallway, wondering if I should head upstairs or find a restroom to hide in.

How did my life become so messed up?

I should never have given in to him, I should never have let my arousal get the better of me.

However, could I have stopped him? Would this bond between us let me stop him, let me push him away? Because it didn’t matter how much I loathed him, my soul craved him—craved to be near him.

“Tell me, and I will kill him,” Isaac said, startling me.

I quickly wiped away the tears, but still, I didn’t dare to meet his gaze. Why would he care about how Liam treats me? Maybe the way Liam acted toward me was expected in a pack.

The hairs on the back of my neck rose when the warmth of his body soothed mine while I repeated his words inside my mind, wondering if it was a figure of speech or if it was a test.

“It’s fine,” I sighed.

“Look at me,” he said, the harshness in his voice shuddered my spine, and I hesitantly turned. “I won’t kill him unle