Jasmine
I blinked once, and twice, questioning whether I’d heard him correctly. But I knew I had. Droning white noise buzzed in my ears, amplified by the throbbing pressure across my forehead.
“Get out?” I parroted back, finding my feet walking me forward. “But—”
“I said get out!”
The sudden outburst of anger and the flicker of black in his eyes that marred his green irises sent me back to a time where I was back in front of Dominic, incurring his rage. A fist would come, like he always silently threatened, and my cheek burnt at the mere memory.
I skittered backwards, feet stumbling off the level road surface and into the uneven verge. A broken branch snagged my heel, and I fell to the ground, my arms wrapping around Kaison to absorb as much of the impact as possible. I landed on my b
