Chapter 44 Checking For Validity

• Catharine's P.O.V
• Xavier's hand clamped down on my wrist with such brutal force that I gasped in pain. His fingers dug into my skin like iron claws and I was sure, absolutely certain, that this would leave bruises. Dark purple marks that would bloom across my skin tomorrow as a reminder of this night, of what Xavier had become.
• "Cathy, stop this right now," Xavier hissed in my ear, his voice low and threatening.