Chapter 43

My screams muffled under Ryan's ruthless clutch, and struggle died when he pressed five sharp claws over my heart.

"You scream, you die."

I quieted, with a frantic bob of my head.

"Good girl." Ryan stepped before me, his deranged gaze pinning me flush against the wall. "Though I can't say you haven't been on my fucking nerves."

"You're sick," I couldn't stop the hiss from slipping my tongue.

His fingers curled around my throat as his nose flared. "I'd watch my mouth!"

My windpipe constricted, blocking the air into a minimum. But it was fear that burned my half-empty lungs, making tears prick the corners of my eyes.

Yet somehow there was a small part inside that believed he couldn't harm me, not with Hades somewhere in the vicinity.

And he knew that too because his grip loosened, allowing me a full inhale of breath.

"Hades will kill you."

His lips stretched into a sadistic smirk. "If I don't kill him first."

I glared at him.

"Don't worry. I won't kill you." A strand of my c