Chapter 41

Celia

“What the…?”

I had started but Jasper turned around and in a second he was upon me. His hands clutched me by the throat and he held me up.

My feet were dangling in the air as he walked forward and pinned me to the wall.

“Just stay within your limits, Celia.”

He growled and the way he said those lines told me it was high time I shut up.

So I did.

“I have bound you to me, do you get that?” He asked and I nodded my head as if that explained everything.

“The necklace that you show off all the time, that is no ordinary piece of jewelry.”

Jasper growled as he cooled off his rage and let go of me, making me fall to the ground for the second time.

He was mad at me and it felt like it was not because of my tamper tantrum outside.

Jasper raked his hands through his hair and turned his back to me. His vest was of made of a thin, breathable material and I could see through it.

There were scars and wounds on his back but also another set of runes on his back. The girl had been pro