55

Nerthus

As I open the door to the staircases and run down the stairs, a hulk of a man stands in my way, forcing me to step back and close the door.

What a cheat!

Turning around, I see Arawn smirking at me, and I press myself against the cold material of the door, as he steps closer. He wraps a strand of my hair around his finger as he chuckles, “You are not very good at it, right?”

“Not really.”

I gulp as he lowers his voice, his husky whisper rumbling through me. “What a shame.”

Even before I can escape him, he grabs me, pulling me back to his front. I shout from the top of my lungs to have him put me down but even with all the trashing, he carries me down the hallway with apparently no effort.

“Parker! No! Let me go!”

He just chuckles as he unlocks a door at the other end of the hallway, pushing me into a suit. As I lose my balance and fall on the floor, Arawn has nothing better to do than to get on me with an annoying smirk.

He pins me down effortlessly, causing me to stop trashi