Roman

If she hadn’t stopped me, I would have killed him.

I was furious, no, furious didn’t even begin to cover it. I’d never felt anger like this before. It burned through me, tearing apart every ounce of control I’d spent years building. It was like every emotion I’d ever buried erupted all at once, crashing over me with no room to breathe. For a moment, I couldn’t even think straight.

I forced myself to breathe. I needed to stay in control. Losing it now would do nothing but destroy everything I was trying to protect. I couldn’t afford to scare her. If she saw the side of me I...