Chapter 44

Erina Everything hurt inside me. My heart pounded, but each thump brought a special kind of agony with it. My veins burned and breathing was near impossible. It was like a giant rock was propped on my chest, squeezing me. I tried to open my eyes, but I couldn’t even squint. My body wasn’t listening to me at all. All the stupid thing did was continue to suffer. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think even my spleen was hurting. What had they done to me? “You hurt her.” Paxton’s voice filtered through to me, a dark snarl. The normal playful tone was completely gone. He was as cold as any of my wolves. “I’ll kill you before this is over.” “Stop with the theatrics, Lord Paxton. You have a place you need to fill. Why do you think I bothered to even come get you? The woman will live. You should be grateful for that. If you don’t take Dominic’s place, things are going to fall apart.” The other man sounded exhausted, and not even scared of Paxton’s threat. He had replied as if asking about the