CHAPTER 24

Jade.

I'm staring at the hound Jade.

My heart slows down sufficiently for me to breathe in between the last panic attack.

His beauty isn't the kind you see in a glossy magazine. Not as attractive as Dan, but the kind you won't soon forget. terrifying. likewise depressing. He doesn't look like a brawler, even though Dan called him that.

Is this his constant hiding place?

His attention suddenly shifts to me, as if he's just become aware of me.

His grey eyes pierce through me as he stares. I can't read anything in his blank, unreadable look, but I know there's a lot more going on there. I want to take off the layers and spill all of his thoughts onto a table for me to see.

My head is filled with thoughts of him every night. Try convincing my body that this isn't the right moment or location to be fantasizing about fucking, yet it is. Though it's never occurred before, my pussy trembles with memories, almost as if it recalls having him inside.

Then again, he blinks.

And here I am, peering