Page 208 of Hate Mates

I went limp, ready to collapse against his chest. But he held me still, moving me to his will and fucking me until he followed me into the same abyss. Only then did he release me and let me succumb in his arms. We panted in unison, our breathing loud over the hum of the air conditioning.

What the hell just happened?

I came for him, twice. I came for my new husband, one I had vowed to hate. Was my love for Stefan so weak that I surrendered to another man within one night?

Or was Kai’s sorcery so powerful it could easily bend your mind? He had barely put in an effort, and I was eating out of the palm of his hand.

What drug was he made of?

The last shred of my dignity had turned into dust, yet it didn’t feel like Kai had broken me. Perhaps it was because he seemed more affected than I was.

Kai was trembling. His eyes had darkened to a threatening black, mimicking more beast than human. He appeared to berestraining his inner demons, like he was toeing the thin line to taking me again, but this time it would be so rough it would wreck me for life.

He faced the ceiling, eyes closed. I thought he was asleep until his quiet confession filled the room. “You were a freshman the first time I saw you, and I knew immediately you were meant to be mine.”

I stopped breathing and my mind went blank.

“But then I saw you with him, and the more I learned about you two, the more I realized you would never leave him.” He opened his eyes and turned his black, dilated pupils to me. “Try not to hate me for this. Because there was no other way of making you mine.”

The End

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