Chapter 25 Eve Seeks Revenge

Jane

“Jane!” Ethan’s deep bass echoes in my ears, sending shiv ers down my spine and making my knees shake. At first I tell my self I only imagined it, but then the palpable silence hanging be tween us becomes too heavy to deny.

| stop in my tracks, trying to act nonchalant. “Who is Jane?” || ask, not bothering to turn around.

“You’re really going to keep playing this game?” He de mands, sounding as angry as I’ve ever heard him.

“I’m sure I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I insist, dig

ging in my heels.

“Like you don’t know what happened last night?” Ethan drawls, his footsteps drawing nearer.

“I’ve already told you, you fell.” I remind him, determined to stick to my story at all costs. The last thing I need is for him to re member I attacked him. I hadn’t even thought about what I was

doing in the moment. It was only after, when I saw his blood, that | truly processed what i’d done: I attacked the Alpha. Yes he kissed me without asking, but I let him. I was kissing him back every bit as passionately as he was kissing me and then I turned on him out of nowhere.

I can only imagine what the punishment would be. He cer tainly wouldn’t turn me over to law enforcement. I’m sure he’d de vise some creative and completely twisted revenge to which he could subject me.

“Bull.” He snaps, refusing my assertion point blank.

“You had a lot to drink.” I argue, hating how hyperaware I am of the man. I know exactly where he stands without looking, and I feel his nearness like a drug. “Not even Alpha’s are immune to drunken accidents.”

“The strange thing is how I happened to fall here, outside your door.” Ethan replies, his hot breath fluttering over my ear.

“Maybe you were stalking me.” | suggest, shifting restlessly from foot to foot.

“No, I seem to remember you being there.” He announces, sending my heart plummeting into my stomach.

No, oh no, he remembers. He knows what I did!

“That doesn’t mean you weren’t stalking me.” I reason, trying to keep my voice steady.

Ethan’s huge, calloused hands land on my waist, pinning me to the spot and terrifying me to the core. “What happened last night, Jane?”

“Stop calling me that.” I beg.

“Why?” He growls, “What bothers you about it so much?”

“It isn’t my name.” | lie, “Why wouldn’t it bother me?” || breathe, “And all I know about last night, is what Linda told me. She found you unconscious in her hallway, and called me to fill me in before I got home, that’s all.”

The Alpha’s hands tighten, sending pulses of heat straight to

my core. “Then why can I still taste you?” He rumbles.

| exclaim, passing off my

tion.

heard me.” Ethan prompts, purring when

his

did.” | confirm, “But I’m giving

your words.”

He taunts, “I don’t say anything I

asked you once before not to speak to me

hiss.

Ethan clarifies, “Affectionately? If my

then it’s more

it isn’t, correct.” I insist, “I don’t know what you imagined happened last night, but I assure you that you

me that

really think I could forget, do

day ago, Elise. I’m not going to forget that anytime soon. And I’m not going to rest until you’re back there where

I come from, this is called harassment.” |

icily.

replies, “I call it, ‘making

even harder than I realized.” | gulp. feeling myself slowly melting in his arms

an escape.

haven’t seen anything yet.” Ethan

seen everything I want to see.” I

free of his grip.

holding me still against him. “Why did

“you’ve mistaken me

This is

Ethan contends, his heated words sending butterflies fluttering

touching me for the hell of it, the same way he half-drowned me in the tub trying to cuddled me. Then I realize he’s not merely pressing me close, he’s very subtly rubbing his

scent.

The nerve! I think

“Stop what?” He smirks.

accuse fiercely, heaving in a

nounce.

He

| combat. I’ve got to get him

second he stays, the closer I get to having a complete mental breakdown. As strong as I feel when we’re apart, as firm as

I’m weak and vulnerable and at

really going to kick me out after midnight?” He

“You’re

He attests, making

pitiful and failing abysmally.

from the hall. I wonder how long she’s been up, I wonder

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