CHAPTER 25: JEALOUSY, RAGE, AND LUST

ROSALINE’S POV:

He was a demon.

His eyes were two dark pools that swarmed with anger and lust. The way he looked at me had an ache erupting in my middle; it forced me to shut my legs, hoping to get some comfort. His eyes never left mine as he began to undo the buttons on his shirt.

"Answer me!" he snapped, causing me to snap out of the trance he had placed me under. I blinked rapidly at him as I tried to recall his question. I had no idea how I was going to answer that without making him suspicious or doing some digging.

I swallowed the bile that had risen within my throat as I wracked my brain for what to say.

"I went for a walk," I said, and he snarled at me in response. The anger in his eyes intensified, and I could feel my heart pounding wildly against my chest.

"Don’t you dare lie to me," he snapped before tossing his shirt aside. My eyes raked up and down his perfect torso, and it was at that moment that I could feel the dryness on my tongue. He climbed up the bed, and my feet b