Angel Blackwood(49)

I gulp looking up at him.

“Talon, get off me,” I say in a soft voice.

“Uh-uh.” He shakes his head. He’s so close that I can smell his minty breath. “Not until you’ve answered our questions.”

I pull the towel higher over my breasts. Holding the material tightly in my grasp. His eyes look down to my hands and a grin forms. He leans down until his cheek is almost touching mine, I almost sigh thinking that he’s going to nuzzle me. Instead he whispers in his deep husky voice, “Who were you with?”

The fucker is playing me, playing with my emotions; he knows exactly what he’s doing to me and the effect he has. He sees how badly I want him and he’s using it to his advantage. He thinks I’ll just spill my guts as soon as he gets all sweet and gentle.

I don’t think so.

I turn my head away from him.

“You think this is some game?” I spit out, avoiding his eyes as I look across the room at my closet door. His body stills on top of me, then slowly but surely he moves off of me.

“I told you, I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I slide my body off the bed and move to my closet, but Tyler’s body blocks me from opening the closet door.

“Please get out of my way. I’d like to get dressed.” I keep my tone even and attempt to open the door again, but he slams his palm next to my head ultimately slamming the door closed.

“Brother, we tried things your way and it didn’t work, now we do it my way.” Tyler uses that tone I hate so much and I immediately feel anxious.

“Stop it, you’re scaring her,” Talon says, from somewhere behind Tyler’s tall form. I turn to face Tyler, looking into his black eyes.

“Please leave,” I say, trying to keep the fear out of my tone.

His hands curl around my upper arms and he squeezes extremely tight, I cry out and hear Talon’s curse.

He growls, “Where were you?”

I clench my eyes shut, forcing the tingling sensation to remain within me.

“I went for a run in the woods.” The words quickly tumble out of my mouth.

“Whose scent did we follow to your room?” He asks, still squeezing me.

“I don’t know! I don’t know!” I grind out, trying to keep my anger at bay.

God, I’ve become such a good liar. What the hell is happening to me? His hold tightens and a certain flashback of the night Drake pushed me up against the door for the first time appears in my head. The fear I felt back then confirms all my suspicions about Tyler; he’s just the same.

The realization of that breaks me and I can’t control the tears this time.

“Please stop, Ty. You’re hurting me.”

I feel the tears fall and can’t bare to look at his black eyes right now.

I was doing good. I was finally getting over my fear of black eyes and I think Tyler’s just fucked that all up for me in a matter of seconds.

His hands are suddenly gone and I open my eyes to find Talon pushing against Tyler’s chest.

“Don’t you see what you’re doing? You’re hurting her, you’re hurting our mate!” Talon tries to get Tyler’s wolf to see clearly. As if realisation suddenly hits, Tyler’s eyes clear and they find mine.

“Angel, no,” he says, out of breath and watching my trembling form. He takes a step towards me and I take a fearful step back, bumping my back into the door of the closet. My body trembles in fear and the tears continue to fall as I hiccup and snivel; I can’t hold that shit in any longer. I’ve never been more afraid of Tyler in my life, and this makes me look at things in a whole new perspective.

“Babe?”

He sounds as if he’s in pain. He takes another step closer and this time I cower onto the floor shielding myself, turning my face away from him.

“Go… Please, just go,” I say, trying to catch my breath.

It’s quiet for a moment, then he speaks and it sounds as if he’s having difficulty breathing.

“I’m so sorry,” he says softly, and then I hear his footsteps as he leaves.

I look up through teary eyes to find Talon walking towards me. I curl into myself as much as I can.

“Leave… leave me alone,” I tell him.

“I’m so sorry, Angel. It wasn’t meant...”

I interrupt him.

“Don’t! Don’t do that! You’re not sorry. Don’t stand there and fucking lie to me. If it was your intention to push me away, you’ve succeeded. Both of you have!” I shout, making him visibly flinch.

He raises his hand to touch me and I move away from him, he lowers it again and lets out a pained breath.

“We never wanted to hurt you,” he whispers.