Chapter 27 The Threat

• "I saw it in his eyes. A promise of obsession."
• Darius's devastating threat still hung in the charged air like smoke from a funeral pyre when he turned sharply on his heel, every line of his powerful frame radiating barely contained violence. His broad shoulders were rigid as forged steel, fists clenched so tightly at his sides that I could see fresh blood dripping from his split knuckles to stain the arena sand beneath his feet.
• He stalked away from the combat circle with predatory grace that made every survival instinct in my body scream warnings, his supernatural dominance rolling off him in crushing waves. The crowd parted instantly before his approach, students and faculty alike pressing backward as no one dared to stand in the path of an Alpha heir pushed beyond his breaking point.