Caelian: Dark Mafia Romance by Bella J

Author:Bella J [J, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

GIANA

Ipull the shoes from my feet, then race from the lights that flood the immediate grounds, diving into the shadows of the trees looming tall.

There’s a pagan-like energy in the air, a pulse of awareness that dances across my skin. My breath is ragged, tearing through my lungs as I slide silently through the ageless oaks.

It’s utter silence around me, but I know he’s close. I sense him, feel the electric hum that is uniquely his. It’s a luring undertone that pulls at my instinct, drawing me in, tempting the part of me I need to fight. The part that wants to be chased. Caught.

Fucked.

I try to resist the pull, push it back, grabbing hold of the hate I feel for…him? Or the circumstances? I’m no longer sure.

What I am sure of is that he’s the hunter. And I’m his prey now. A prize. To be caught is a gift for him, and I control that.

Power zooms through me. I want to wear him out. I want him to stumble so I can turn the hunt, become the hunter. The oak trees give me places to hide, an oasis of darkness.

I stop and listen for a second, but I can’t hear anything, just the rasp of my breath. It’s like the build-up to a sexual touch, this wait, the stretch of the moment. And it’s more powerful than the first time he chased me, because I know what he feels like on me, in me.

I want that.

But I don’t.

God, I’m a conflicted mess.

Pressing back into a tree’s trunk, I try not to make a sound. What I want and need are two different things. And what I need is to get away from this man and the goddamn kryptonite that weakens me whenever he’s close.

I’m still holding the switchblade and flick it open. I can’t hear a thing, and I wonder if I ran so far that I’m in some forgotten part of the estate. I peer around the tree, the mansion a glow of soft light. It’s a little farther than I thought. So… Maybe…

I take a step, and suddenly, I’m grabbed by my hair, jerked back, and a triumphant growl fills the air.

“Bastard,” I seethe as my back slams against him, his hand settling on my waist.

“Got you, little scurrying woodland creature.”

“How did you⁠—”

“You’re wearing white. It’s dark. You’re making it so easy, it makes me wonder if you want it.” He jerks my head back even more. “Need it.”

Caelian’s mouth is whisper soft at the nape of my neck. The tease as he traces a line with his tongue sends electric shudders through me, and I clench my teeth against the onslaught of sensations I’m melting into, softening against him, and the hand in my hair and the one at my waist loosen. Not much, but I take that, pulling from him, pitching forward, almost hitting the ground. But I’m free. I know I am.

I start to run, but the damn dress is too fucking long, and I nearly trip over the hem.

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