Chapter 141 "The Tipping Point”

• "I won't let you walk away this time," his voice spoke low and dangerously in the darkness.
• I stopped; his words felt to me like a tidal wave. Levi's fingers clenched around me, his grasp defensive and possessive. Like me, he sensed that the storm we had been waiting for was here. Tension permeated the air, as every pulse counted toward anarchy.
• "Then you leave me no choice," I said, my voice a kind challenge but my heart surged as though it tried to flee my chest. I could not let him control the words any more. Not this time. Not following everything.