Chapter 49

Eva

I hadn't realized that I had fallen asleep until I heard the door open and sat upright as if I'd never dozed off to begin with.

It was Nox who walked into my room, and he looked furious. His rage scared me, because now that I was awake and thinking more clearly since the shock passed, I knew I was potentially in a lot of trouble.

This man wanted to kill to prove a point to my father. The tools he would use to do that were still inside the suitcase on the floor. I was locked in this apartment with him with no way of escaping or asking for help. Also, I was at his complete mercy.

To make matters worse, we were mates.

How, I wondered for the hundredth time, was that possible?

"Mate," he said coldly before shaking his head. "I don't understand how that's possible. According to the reports I received, you were my brother's mate, correct?"

I could only stare at him.

"You would do well to answer the question, Eva," he said in a calm voice, though his facial expression suggested any