3.7- Conditions

The sliding window slid down reluctantly. "Dim not that at all in the dark tomb, and you already have another man in your bed!"

Naked anger turned those bright black eyes into boiling gold.

Mira's hand flew up and pressed down Jacob's hard cheekbones with such force that her fingers were numb.

Stunned by the blow, Jacob looked down at her with obvious disbelief on his face. The thunderous silence chilled her to the bone.

"I've had enough of you insulting me," she whispered, chattering teeth, almost as stunned by her violent reaction as he was. "If you touch me, Sheldon will crush you!"

"He didn't crush Dim—did he?"

Even ashamed of using Sheldon as a threat to hide behind, Mira noticed Jacob's cloth has a strange rough quality. Deep, sullen drawls and indescribable changes in tension.

The tall man looked down at her thoughtfully, his eyes as black as smoke, golden glitz eyes filled with astonishing concentration. She involuntarily met those fiery eyes, her heart beat faster, her t