Chapter 72

Chapter 72

Brooklyn

As empowered as I feel in my mind, my body is quite the opposite.

There's not much I can do as Aden pulls my left arm around to the other side of the table, clicking the other half of the handcuffs around my wrist.

Then he stands back, studying his handiwork.

I pull back on the chain once, testing it, seeing how firmly it holds.

The handcuffs bite sharply into my wrists, making me wince, so I lean forward again, resting my elbows on the table and looking up into Aden's face.

Casually, I clasp my hands together.

I see him open his mouth to speak, but before he can his gaze falls on the engagement ring on my left hand.

Quickly, he moves to unlink my hands and pull it off my ring finger, slipping it into his pocket.

"What, Aden?" I say, my voice soft. "Can't hurt me with your wife's ring on my hand? Something feel wrong about that?"

Even I'm shocked at the words that just came out of my mouth.

I see him flinch-just barely-but then he raises his eyes to mine, his face perfectly calm. "That's enough, little one," he says. "I'll be asking the questions from here on out."

He folds his arms and I hold his gaze, not moving an inch.

"Tell me about the note," he demands, his words sharp.

is," I say,

harder, "was it

gave

presses his hands to the table.

of paper with bad poetry written on it, sure. But as for

it?" he says,

close my eyes and lean my head forward to

him to

his teeth at

room," I say, lowering my

as he pushes away from the table, turning his back to me, clearly thinking this

my elbows and forearms, watching him, my hair spilling around my

shoulder. "Why didn't you give it to

my voice deadpan, "I don't know which

then. "After all I've done for

real angel to me these past few weeks.

This sets him off.

smiling, a little, as he storms to the right,

watch

by the back of my neck, his claws starting to come out and press

chest is flat on the table, my

he's controlled enough to ensure that I don't slam my head on the metal surface, to ensure

I can hear his breath coming fast now, his chest

says, "I could make this so much worse for

you get-it, Aden?"

that you only treat me well because if it got back to Remington that you weren't, he'd move to take me from you. You love having me as your little pawn, to hold as

a moment, and then I gasp and wince as he pushes on my neck harder, my face

then, to my surprise, he releases

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