Chapter Ninety-Six

~ Zora

My back was pushed against a wall and in a matter of seconds, Roman's angry face came into view.

"Do you have any fucking idea how it felt to see you wheeled in, Princess?" He asked, putting two arms on either side of my head. "Do you what it fucking did to me?!"

Lost for words, I could stare at him, wide eyed with a heaving chest. "I…" I stuttered. "I.. didn't mean to make you feel that way."

His brow arched in question. "I told you not to use your mind control gifts."

My blood suddenly boiled and I pushed him back but he didn't even budge. "It's not like I had a choice! I tried it your way and it didn't work!"

His gaze softened and I sensed real despair behind his icy demeanor. "I know. Sydney and Abigail told me everything but it still doesn't make me feel any less shitty seeing you in a critical condition."

"If you hadn't handled the situation with Mabel," he continued, "Goddess knows I would have marched right there and murdered her myself. " He said this while his hand