Chapter 40

"Excuse me?" Tohr asked quietly.

"I believe, I said no," I repeated, unfazed by the growing tension in him.

"I do not believe I asked a question or made a request, Mara," he ground out between clenched teeth.

"I do believe. However, I gave you my answer to your order," I told him daringly.

Tohr advance on me, the fury in his golden eyes almost caused them to start sparking.

"You will watch how you speak to me, little human. I am your King! And when I give you an order, you will follow it," he growled.

He turned to Erik and hissed something at the wide-eyed man, who immediately hissed something back. Out of nowhere, Tohr let out a roar that echoed, making the glass in the windows rattle. I scooted a bit towards my brother, feeling the rage that laced the roar sending a lance of fear through me.

Tohr's jaw was clenched so hard that it was twitching while his eyes elongated, taking on his draygon's pupils.

"Fine," he snapped, then stormed from the room with a dense puff of smoke fol