Chapter 23: Ensnared and Cornered
Jules' pov
I squeezed my eyes tightly, heart pounding against my ribs while I silently prayed for mercy. It felt like my stomach had been turned upside down, like my blood had turned into ice from fright.
It shouldn't surprise me that he's about to strike now. Ever since I knew what he was capable of, I had been unconsciously expecting the moment he'd corner me to punish me for walking in on him that one night.
Everything rattled in me and I didn't realize when tears pooled in my eyes until the sound of a helpless sob filled the empty restroom.
Blaze felt like an extremely wide animal right now, one which had me ensnared and cornered, and I felt like a mere fly. The feeling of his hot breath hitting the side of my throat once again almost made me fall to the ground.
It felt like he was about to rip my throat out with his teeth and I trembled helplessly in the same spot.
His long fingers were digging into my hair after a fleeting second, jerking my head backwards until I was blinking up at him from an upside down position. Pain shot through the root of my hair at once and I whimpered as I tried averting my gaze from his at once, because his dark eyes made me more frightened right now.
He looked furious, anger making his dark eyes even darker and the thought that I was the one who had made him this angry made me wish I could be given the opportunity to fall to my knees and beg for his forgiveness, at least that would be better than him killing me right now.
"Why don't you smell like you normally used to?" He growled in a low tone, one which made the nervous knot in my stomach tightened up even more. I had no idea of what to make of his question and I tried to blink away the tears clinging to my eyelids.