Chapter 9

• JADE POV.
• His eyes were dark as death. That was the first thing I noticed as he slammed me into him, his rigid muscles rippling against my skin, the proximity unfamiliar.
• Blood dripped from the cut where he held the sharp pointed metal that I'd have used to end his life. He'd known exactly where I was going to attack from and I found it uncanny since I was perfect in silently waiting for my prey and attacking swiftly before they even had a chance to defend themselves. Most of them never even saw my face before they died, all they saw was the flash of my blade, so as I stared at the mountain of a man, who I had to admit was even more ruggedly handsome under the glow of the dimly lighted chandeliers, his eyes being the most captivating of his features-they promised heaven and hell all at a glance, I didn't know what to make of him.