The Assassin Alpha's Heir
I waited for her to tear her vocal cords raw like she did the first time, to curse my name, to tell me she was going to rip my throat out the second she got free.
The screaming never came.
This time, she was terrifyingly silent.
Not a single sound escaped her parted lips. Her mouth remained open in a silent, suffocating gasp, her lungs desperately trying to pull in oxygen that her locked diaphragm wouldn't allow. A thin sheen of cold sweat broke out across her forehead, soaking the collar of her gray shirt, while silent, scalding tears streamed continuously from the corners of her eyes, running down her temples into her hair.