His Trouble Maker

Chapter 44

Chapter 44

JESSICA

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“What did you do to piss her off?”

Moon goddess! He’s massive. I don’t think I’ve ever saw this man before in our pack.

Earlier, when Aria went here in our training field to observe, she surprises us with a combat. Grayson is nowhere to be found. I think I heard him and Pierce is still stuck in the meeting.

I glance at her.” Who? Her?”

“Her.” There’s an amusement on the way he said it. ” You don’t address her as Luna yet?”

I wouldn’t. Not for a million fucking reasons.

Before I can blink, he’s on me–his hand grips my wrist, yanking me forward. I throw my fist at his jaw, but it’s a millisecond too slow. He bats

it away like I’m nothing. Fuck.

“You’re fast.”

The new guy smirks, circling me as I catch my breath.” What is your name again?”

“None of your business.” I shift my weight, ready for the next move, but he’s already there, throwing his elbow into my stomach, knocking the wind out of me. “Shit!” I choke, stumbling back. He doesn’t give me a second to recover. Bastard. I slam my knee up into his ribs.

It fucking hurts.

“Too much?” His voice drops an octave, low and rough, like he’s savoring the moment. The words are a mock, but his eyes–fuck, his eyes are dark, searching, like he wants to strip me bare. I try to throw a punch, but his hand catches my wrist effortlessly, twisting it behind me.

and I feel his breath hot on my

voice is a whisper against the shell of my ear, sending a shiver down my spine. There’s no room to breathe, no space to think. His hand is firm

use. He’s too strong, too… everywhere. His fingers trail up my arm, gripping my neck with a force that makes my breath catch in

not painfully but enough to make me aware of every breath I take. “Really?” His gaze slides to where Aria is seated and she

at him to back the hell off, but instead, the

and

dirt, and throwing all my weight into trying to break free. My arm jerks against

and low, the sound rumbling in my ear as I kick back, aiming for his shins. He shifts with ease, trapping my legs with his own, and then his hand on my wrist twists so violently, I can’t help but cry out, my arm screaming

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His body presses harder against mine, and the heat of him seeps into me, suffocating. It’s like I can feel him everywhere, even in

his breath hot against my neck as his

too.”

words, his touch–everything about this is wrong, but… damn it, it

trying to twist out of his hold, but it only makes him laugh harder. That deep, rumbling sound that

my back, his fingers tracing the curve of my spine before they dig into my hair, yanking my head back, exposing the

takes me off guard. Before I can react, he spins me, throwing me

I try to breathe, but the wind’s knocked out of me. I struggle, pushing myself up, but before I can even fully regain my balance, his boot is on my chest again, pressing me back into the earth. The pressure

clap, sharp

down at me like she’s enjoying

good!” she says, her

I can’t believe this.

crowd goes silent, eyes flicking between me and her. What the hell is her

against his boot, trying to shove him off, but he’s not

her. I fucking hate

front

she crosses her arms. “I didn’t

the crowd. Her voice is sweet, poisonous.

heart pounding, hands clenched. “Then maybe you should’ve stayed in your golden cage instead of showing up here,

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