Vanessa POV

He shoved me into the room like I was little more than an afterthought, and for a second my breath caught,not from fear, though there was a flicker of that, but from the sheer weight of him. Kael in his rage was intoxicating. Dangerous. Beautiful in the way a fire is, devouring and merciless.

I stumbled back against the bedpost, silk tangling at my legs, but I refused to look anything less than composed. He wanted fear? I would give him defiance. Always defiance.

“You think shoving me makes your point?” I hissed, lifting my chin. “You think I don’t see it? You came here, Kael. To me....