Bound to the Dark King
Ezinne murmured, her cheeks tinting with a delicate flush at the attention Xavier was giving her.
My fists tightened involuntarily, my knuckles whitening with restrained frustration. Over Xavier's shoulder, Rafe and Soren exchanged barely concealed smirks, their silent taunts slicing through me. Rafe's words about whether she could be with another man echoed in my head, igniting a fury that tinted my vision crimson. But I remained calm. The last thing I wanted was to lose my cool over a woman. But the temptation to unleash the storm brewing within, to let my clenched fists meet the grinning faces of those fools I called friends, was almost overwhelming.
"You as well," Xavier responded smooth