Chapter 8

Elara

" Zuriel, Zuriel. You're hurting me,” he didn’t realize he was holding my body too tightly. I was suffocating for a second there, and his body was shaking. The aura that filled the elevator was oppressive and scary.

I place a hand on his hard chest, and he stares down at me.

Time stops as he stares at me with those emerald dangerous eyes of his.

Those eyes I used to go crazy for, the eyes that made my heart beat faster than anything in the world. I almost forgot this feeling. It had been too long since we saw each other as he always disregarded me. An annoying tick, he called me.

“ Put me down, I can stand,” I say, trying to avoid my thoughts about him.

He ignores my wishes and walks out of the elevator into his penthouse. He puts me down, standing close to me. Zuriel was over 6ft, and warmth radiated from his muscular body.

I glance around the living room. It is large, luxurious, and neat too.

His scent covered the entire apartment, and my wolf was excited after being qui