Chapter 51

(Emily's POV)

"Go. Inside. The. House. NOW!"

Dimitri's voice was calm, but the edges were rough commanding absolute obedience and twisting my willpower. His gaze penetrated my blood with ice. He would do this no matter how much I begged. He would destroy Ravi and stomp on my soft heart in the process. Because I was worthless to him.

But now I'd experienced a tiny slice of belonging in getting through to Ravi, I refused to let Dimitri steal it from me.

Contempt swallowed me whole, lighting a fire in my veins. "You want my misery? Then take it!" I shoved his chest, the ache in my wrist shooting up my arm. "You can have all of it, but I won't let you do this."

His jaw clenched when I hit him again, but he didn't budge from his spot.

"You don't throw things away just because they hurt you!" My chest heaved, the force of my feelings sending my blood pressure diving again, and black spots swam in my blurred vision. A wave of dizziness dropped my gaze to his lips; to the thin scar through