Bound To The Devil's contract
I threw myself directly into his path, my hands coming up to grip his rigid, unyielding shoulders.
“Look at me,” I pleaded, forcing a layer of false, intense desire into my hazel eyes as I looked up at him. “Forget the window. Forget the storm. You said you wanted to claim your investment tonight... so claim it.”
Dante went completely still. His silver eyes locked onto mine, searching my face for any sign of deception, any crack in the facade. The tension in the room was suffocating, a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. Right outside the glass, Julian was one shadow away from a bullet, and the monster in front of me held all the cards.