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Chapter 39 Chapter 39 Brooklyn I gasp and push the door shut and then bolt-bolt-from the hallway.
I've always been fast, but now, panic movesfaster than I thought I could go.
I scramble up the stairs, sprint across the kitchen, pull open the kitchen door and then use the banister to propel myself up the main stairs two steps at a time.
Aden is a monster! He's an actual psychopath! Of course, I had already made this assessment-in jail when I'd interviewed him. Then again when he kidnapped me. But now? Seeing it play out like that right in front of my face, the truth feels like it has hit hinside of me.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtI reach the top of the stairs and throw myself towards my room, my fingers inches from my doorknob, when something grabsaround my waist, haulingback against a solid body- "Please! No!" I scramble, shrieking, trying to get free, but Aden holdsfast. He grabsby the hair at the base of my neck, forcing my head back, my face turned up towards his.
I pant in his arms, pinned against him, finally still.
"What did I tell you to do, Brooklyn?" he asks, his voice low, dangerous.
"My phone!" I gasp, remembering my rationale for being there. "I forgot my phone!" "You deliberately disobeyed me," he says. He doesn't care about my reason anyway.
He walksforward a few steps, pressingbackwards, my feet working to keep up as I feel the door to my bedroom press into my back.
It swings opens, and then we're in my room. I work hard to align this beautiful, safe space with the horror I just witnessed below us.
I've brought the monster inside with me.
Aden kicks the door shut and pushesup against the wall. My breath comes fast then. I almost hyperventilate- "Calm down, Brooklyn," he says, his body pressed against mine. I blink up at him, realizing that he's completely calm. That he's been completely calm this entire time.
His eyes, as they stare down into mine, start to have a calming effect. The Mafia King may have rejected his Alpha roots long ago, but the power is ever present in him.
I can feel it so strongly I could almost reach out and touch it.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIt takes a minute, but my breath starts coming more evenly. I look up into his face, and he watches me, his fingers loosening in my hair, beginning to stroke slowly at the base of my neck.
I can't tear my eyes from him as he brings his face close to mine.
"Did you like watchingwork?" he asks, his voice dangerous.
I feel my lip starts to tremble. I see him look down at it.
"Do you know what happens to people who watchwhen they're not supposed to?" he murmurs, his voice tipped with a razor's edge.
Slowly, I shake my head "no." He brings his mouth close to my ear, the stubble of his jaw brushing against my cheek.
"They get punished," he whispers.
My breathing grows heavier at this. I can feel my breath matching up with my pounding heart, my chest pressing against his. I know he can feel it, too.