BOUGHT BY THE BEAST
"You ran from my bed, out of my territory, straight into the camp of the male who sold you. And you let him put his hands on you?"
"No, he didn't touch me like that," I said, my voice rising as I pulled against his grip. "He brought a medical kit for my hand, Caspian. That's all."
"You ran to him!" His roar rattled the radio equipment on the strategy table. His fingers tightened around my wrist until the bones ground together. "Of all the places in this world, Rielle, you ran to the pathetic coward who put you on an auction block!"
The fury in his face was terrifying, but underneath the rage, I saw the unbearable agony. The Beast didn't understand the complex mathematics of my sacrifice. He