15. Touch

Rhianna's POV

He was so f*cking smug. I hated this man like I had never hated anything or anyone in my life. Not even Louisa or the bullies. He was the biggest f*cking bully ever.

I stared at Theodore, my eyes full of fire.

"Stop looking like you want to kill me, Rhianna. You can't. Now, put a smile on and come be pretty. That is the only good thing about you - your beauty. Hmm... and you do know what you do in bed," he said with a leer as he studied me up and down. The dress was as beautiful as it was revealing and when he looked at me, I felt dirty. "Now, let's go say hi to the Alphas, and Lunas, okay. Be a good girl, Rhianna. If you want your friend to live, you will be a good girl." Every word coming out of him was patronizing, demeaning.

The more he talked, the more I wanted to defy him, deny him of his demands.

I hissed.

My anger simmered beneath the surface like a smoldering ember, intense and consuming. The betrayal had ignited a fiery rage within me, and every fiber of my bei