Gravity (Dark Anomaly Book 1) by Marina Simcoe

Author:Marina Simcoe [Simcoe, Marina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rocky River Publishing
Published: 2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

IN SHOCK AND OVERWHELMED by despair, I was only half-aware of Vrateus dragging me through the corridors of the Anomaly, back to my room.

A group of aliens had gathered in front of it, watching as we approached. They gawked at me and made jokes, mocking my failed escape attempt.

His expression grave, Vrateus hit the panel, opening my door. When he shoved me in, I sensed his hands shake.

“Wine, Captain?” One of his males offered a metal canteen to him.

Vrateus grabbed it from him. Keeping his eyes on me, he took a huge swig from the canteen.

I staggered into the room. The lights of the Anomaly no longer seemed beautiful or mesmerizing. They were mocking me, destined to spend the rest of my life in this inescapable glass prison. I felt like a moth trapped inside a lantern, only with the light being outside of the glass—teasing, enticing, and deadly.

The slam of Vrateus’s hand against the door panel was followed by the swishing sound of the doors closing. I idly wondered if he had discovered that I had disabled the locks. The doors might be closed, but they weren’t locked unless he’d fixed the panel, which I didn’t think he had.

Suddenly, he grabbed me by my neck, swinging me to the wall and pressing my back against it.

He leaned into me, his face coming close to mine, feral rage distorting his hard features. The orange eyes aglow, his lips stained blood-red by the wine, any shred of his usual composure was blown away. I wondered in an oddly detached way if he would kill me right then and there.

“You could’ve died,” he gritted through his teeth. A flash of unguarded vulnerability flickered through his eyes.

Fear.

For me?

“You would have been dead if I didn’t stop you,” he kept saying as if struggling to comprehend that fact.

“You would’ve died, too, had I pushed that button,” I bit out.

“Why didn’t you?” The fury in his stare settled down as something deeper and darker moved in.

“I couldn’t...” I drew in a shuddered breath. The adrenaline receded, leaving nothing but deep sorrow behind. “Then we both would have been dead,” I said softly. “Not sure about you, but for me... For me, it might have been for the best.”

His thick eyebrows drew together, intensity sharpening his gaze.

“You’ve chosen to live,” he reminded me.

I swallowed against his hand on my throat, his hold firm but not oppressive.

“Because I had hope, Vrateus. Hope to get out of here, eventually. There is no point, now. What kind of life do I have ahead of me? Being locked up in this room? Used as your sex toy?”

“My toy?” he sounded confused. “From what I know about sex toys, they’re used solely for one’s sexual satisfaction.”

“Exactly.”

“That’s not what you are to me.” His eyes flickered between mine, something warm and intense brewing behind them. “Svetlana, do you dislike me touching you so much that you would rather risk dying than continue with it?” he asked suddenly.

I wished I could lie about that, but his touch was the one thing I enjoyed.

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