VESPER GREY LYSAN POV

My gaze snapped to his. "That's never going to happen and you know it!"

"So, you are going to disregard our deal when you didn't even play fair," he asked, his voice dangerously quiet, like a storm about to break

My chest heaved, my hands clenching. "Yes. I'll never give myself to you willingly. If you want me, then you'll have to take it."

He let go of my hair, his eyes darker than night. "Is that permission, then?"

I blinked. "What?"

"You won't give it... But ...