VESPER GREY LYSAN

It was like lightning. One minute he was across the room and the next he was on me.

I opened my mouth, barely getting a scream out as his hand clamped over it and he forced me back, his weight slamming me into the wall.

The shock cracked through my spine, knocking the air from my lungs. I couldn't breathe, but all I knew was that I needed to fight or I was going to die.

So I gave it my all. I kicked, twisted, and clawed at the arm pinning me, but nothing I did loosened his ...