Chapter 73 Burn With Me

• I watched her for a moment longer, letting my words sink in, letting her feel the weight of them. She was trembling, trying to mask it with anger, but I saw through her. She was afraid. Good. She should be.
• But that defiance in her eyes? That would be a problem.
• I let out a slow exhale, stepping back. “I have business to attend to,” I said smoothly, watching how her shoulders tensed as if she expected me to do something else.