Chapter 11: “Apologize to her.”

*ASA TRINE*

A gasp resonated out of my lips as soon as I opened the room to the cabin where Clay had been admitted in. His body had been covered by a blanket but the part which had been left uncovered was painted in white.

He had been covered in bandages completely except for the expanse of his face that had been giving color to the white canvas of his body. It had purple and bluish bruises with red gauzes and stich lines creating it into a gruesome masterpiece but the main attraction was the stamp of a black burned cross on his forehead.

“Can you not look this happy?” Clay disgruntled as his eyes glowered at me. They had been opened in mere slits by the swelling that surrounded them.

Realizing that a smile had been gracing my face I tried suppressing it but hearing my mate scoff from behind me as he placed a hand on my waist, I again felt a bigger smile take over my features.

I had been scared for nothing.

The monster, just the thought of whom made my frightful heart beat wildly