Chapter 17
Lingering Shadows
(Audrina’s POV)
I sat curled up on my couch, a steaming cup of coffee warming my hands as I stared blankly at the flickering candle in front of me. My Parisian apartment, usually a sanctuary of peace, felt stifling this morning. My thoughts were a tangled mess, flashing back to the events of last night with a maddening intensity I couldn’t shake off.
Who the hell does he think he is?
I replayed the scene for what must have been the hundredth time, my frustration bubbling up again.
Kade—or Accius, or whatever name he wanted to go by—had cornered me in that restaurant, demanded I let him drive me home, and then had the audacity to threaten me. Threaten me in the middle of a public place, as if I’d just meekly obey his commands. And, to my eternal shame, I’d
