Page 61 of Prey

I didn’t know.

I didn’t know what the fuck he had done to me, but I didn’t like it one bit.

So much for trying to be my own person, getting away from my parents, and figuring out my own path.

How could I do that when it felt like he owned every aspect of me?

I blinked and snuggled in closer to him, craving the softness he always gave me after being so rough with me during sex.

And he didn’t disappoint when he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me in closer to him.

His hand ran up and down soothingly on the small of my back, his fingers thrumming along my spine. I focused on his movement, trying to bring myself down after all that.

This was the second day in a row that he had woken me up with sex.

I wondered if he had some sort of fetish.

His hand came up to my hair, his fingers tangling up in the long, messy waves. I flinched a little when he got to a small tangle at the end, and he leaned down and kissed the top of my head.

“Sorry,” he said.

I hummed against him in acknowledgment.

“Are you feeling okay?”

I pulled back to look him in the eyes, my confusion clear on my face. “Yes. Why do you ask?”

“You’re just quiet this morning.”

“And you’re up early. How long have you been awake?”

He laughed, the bruise around his eyes became more prominent from the move. “Hmm, I got up around three and never went back to sleep.”

I blinked. “You mean when Micah showed up?”

He seemed surprised over that. “You were supposed to be asleep.”

“I was. I don’t know what woke me up, but it did, and I got curious when I found your side of the bed empty. I’m surprised he didn’t stay the night.”

“Didn’t want to scare you.”

“I’m safe from him… right?” I asked carefully. He told me to trust him, to not be scared of Micah because he was here, but still, I couldn’t help but shudder as I thought back to those silver, inhuman eyes of his.

It was like night and day compared to Roman’s brown ones.

“That’s right,” he said confidently. “You don’t have to worry. But Micah can be a lot to handle. Just know you’re safe with him, especially when it's time for me to introduce the two of you properly.”

Righttttt.

I didn’t think there would ever come a time when I would be safe around Micah, no matter what.

I didn’t say that, though, because Roman might not have known I was awake when he went out to see his brother, but Micah noticed me almost as soon as I moved to the window and looked out at them.

And there had been a glint in his eyes as he watched me that I didn’t like very much.

I could almost see him planning my demise in that vicious mind of his.

I moved my head up and kissed his jawline, letting his beard tickle my lips before I sat up and looked down at him, both hands splayed on his chest.

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