Eliana

"No you don't hate me," Nicholas said back, then abruptly held me by my side arms and pulled me closer to him.

"Let me go!" I screeched, wiggling forcefully to get out of his hold, but he held tighter, wrapping his arms around me.

"Not until you forgive me," he spoke.

"I will fucking scream if you don't release me," I threatened, still trying to put distance between our upper bodies. Such proximity was not good for me; it reminded me of the intimacy we had shared before he decided to unleash his monstrosity on me.

"Go ahead, scream all you want." I stopped moving at the sound of...