Page 42 of Beg Me Angel

Chapter Eleven

Vera

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What the fuck was that?

We were so close and he just dropped me like a pile of a shit. My muscles surged as anger flooded my veins. His answer wasn't good enough, none of his answers had been good enough.

But this. . . This wouldn't go with out an explanation.

Planting my feet into the floor, I kicked the blanket I had been wearing as I pounded my heels into the wood. I wasn't going to let him off that easily, I wanted to know why he couldn't sleep with me.

What possible reason could he have?

Every step vibrated my calves as I stormed down the hall to his door. Lifting my fist to the wood, I pounded hard. “Pax!”

He didn't answer.

Banging again, I yelled. “Pax, answer me!”

Still he remained quiet, silent like a mouse. Grabbing the handle, I threw the door open and stood sternly in the entrance. “What the fuck was that all about?”

Pax was sitting on the edge of his bed, his head cradled in his hands. “Go to your room, Vera, I can't do this right now.”

“Well you know what, that's too bad, because you're going to tell me why. Why can't you take me? I was giving myself to you and you just stopped,why?”

His hands fell into his lap as his dark eyes engulfed my face. “Go. To. Your. Room.” Each word was weighted, full of emotion and pain.

Pax's eyes were dead, lifeless, straining to keep in the words he wanted to speak. I couldn't understand what he was feeling, what darkness he was battling with right then.

But I didn't care.

Taking firm strides, I paced up to his bed, pressing my toes against his just like he had done to me. “No.” Holding my hips, I kept my gaze on his. “Tell me.”

Raking his hand over his head, he rubbed the back of his neck. “You're not going to stop are you?”

“Nope, so you might as well just tell me.”

Launching upright, his massive body shadowed mine, causing me to wobble on my feet. But I wasn't moving, I wasn't going to back down. And I needed him to know that.

“You don't want to know why, Vera, it'll only scare you.”

Laughing, I rolled my eyes. “Fuck you, you don't know what scares me. If I was scared of you I wouldn't be here.”

“You don't have anywhere else to go.”

“I don't have to stay here, I could find a way home.”

An ominous chuckle spilled over my face as he smiled. “Is that right?” Tapping his thumb against his jaw, his chest expanded. “Angel, you can't get anywhere without me.”

Shit.

I didn't want to give him the satisfaction of knowing he was right. We were out in the middle of nowhere, I had nothing to survive if I wanted to take on the challenge of hiking out of here alone.

I don't even know where I am.

How the fuck would I find my way home?

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