When The Moon Hides Her Crown
Ryker.
The way he looked at me was like staring into the eyes of a reaper straight from hell, cold, merciless, inevitable. That look alone clawed at my spine, making my pulse skip. His fingers tightened around my wrist, a bruising grip that made denial impossible. Those eyes, burning with wrath, told me everything before his words ever could.
“What’s wrong with you?” I hissed, struggling to free myself, but his hold only grew harder, fingers digging in like iron shackles as his glare drilled into me, peeling at my soul as though he could rip it out.