Chapter 117 : The Trigger

Cole

"I love you kitten," As I said that, my breath came in short gasps, my eyes still squeezed shut to try and catch my breath. I waited for an answer, but there was no response, and all I could think was that she was already asleep. "Ray?" I asked once more, and again she did not answer, but I could still hear her breathing. "Ray-"

All of a sudden my eyes snapped open as I felt a hand gripping around my throat and squeezing. There she was on top of me, she was staring at me, as her eyes turned to pitch black, and instantly I glanced over her shoulder to see the markings on her chest that were shining red. I knew it, the runes were acting out again on her body.

I cursed under my breath as I struggled to let go without hurting her, and Rayline kept grabbing my neck with all her might. My hands gripped her wrists as I tried to prevent myself from being crushed any further and her body rolled over backward, pinning her to the mattress. I pulled her hands firmly and held her wrists to