Chapter 136

“I’m sorry,” I tell him, yet those words tasted like poison on my tongue. He smirks before turning back than a br* and underwe*r.

“Don’t suppose you bought underw**ar?” I ask him. “You don’t need them,” he says, and I chew my l!p Carter comes over to me and passes me a muesli bar. I tried to unwrap it, however, my fingers were no opens it, peeling back the wrapper before handing it back to me.

mage through the backpack. He pulls out a silkie slip dress. He tosses it at me, and it lands on the bed. I pick it up, holding it up. Hardly practical, but better suddenly wished I had a period. I bet he would change his tune then.

erating correctly, yet I had a good chunk of my mobility left, though I was a little worried about trekking in the woods like this. Carter takes it from me and

“You should have all your feeling back soon,” he tells me as he kneels next to the bed. He pulls my leg to the edge of the bed, rubbing their sides before gripping my ankle. He takes the key around his neck and undoes the padlock before rubbing my ankle. I watch him. he was close, and his intoxicating scent.

If only he wasn’t a psycho, I could get used to the tingles from the mate bond, the way my heart raced

If only he wasn’t responsible for destroying so many lives, I might have come to love him, yet the bond yeared and called out for him despite my mind knowing I couldn’t keep him. But that didn’t stop me from wishing things were different, so I could. “Can you wiggle your toes?” he asks, and I try. They move to his satisfaction, and he smiles before lear wn and kissing the top of my foot.