Chapter 6 : Beware the Midnight Cowboy

"That's okay," I still had my hand on the door handle, waiting to push it in when the moment was right. I felt like a deer caught in the scope of a hunter. One false move and I'd be dead. "I, uh, gotta leave because—"

"Bitch, it wasn't a request." He patted his thigh like one does when calling a particularly stubborn dog. "Get over here Venus, come along now."

My hand gripped the door—last chance.

Q's eyes hardened, and when he opened his mouth again he was half shifted, a towering snarling beast threatening to rip out of the human skin it wore to conceal itself: "I SAID NOW BITCH!"

His power washed over me, the heat of a budding alpha, a type of dominance that crushed the willpower of weaker monsters and humans. My knees buckled, bloodlust riding his magical current, and in my mind, I was assaulted with visions of what he wanted to do to me. My vision blurred, adrenaline making me practically vibrate out of my skin.

If I didn't act as he wanted me to, I'd neve