Chapter 10 · Silver Poison Kiss

"Get your mouth off my throat!"

Ronin's teeth scraped my skin.

Not a kiss. Not anything soft. His jaw locked around the side of my neck while his body crushed mine against the ice wall. His weight pinned my hips. One gloved hand trapped both my wrists above my head.

Silver fever had taken his eyes. The gold was gone, burned out by a pale, violent shine. Veins stood dark beneath the skin around his temples.

"You picked the wrong command," he growled.

"I pick all my commands. Get off me."

His breath hit my throat, hot enough to sting. The smell of blood and silver filled the narrow tunnel. Every muscle in his shoulders shook as he fought his wolf.

That fight was losing.

The bond under my ribs burned in answer to his hunger. It pulled at me whenever his teeth pressed closer, a sick, treacherous tug that made my knees weaken.

I hated it.

I hated him more.

"Vira," he said, but his voice was no longer fully his. "Stop moving."

"You stop breathing on me."

His fingers tightened around my wrists.

"I said stop."

"And I said choke on your orders.