“Relax, I’mjust repaying the favor from last night,” he said.
“How did you get out of the scarves? I double knotted it!”
He snorted.“Your knot tying skills could use some work. As soon as you started snoring, I had them untied.”
“Idonotsnore.”
Sebastianraised an eyebrow.“If you say so.”
His tone shifted lower as he leaned towards me.“Although myrestraints were tied so badly, I wondered if you did it on purpose. Maybe, you hoped I would escape so Icouldtieyouup.”
“If you don’t untie me, I’ll kill you,” I growled. It didn’t sound so threatening when my legs were spread a foot apart from each other.
He shook his head again, but didn’t move any closer towards me.“Be patient. We need to talk, and the second I loosen the knots you’ll try to kill me.”
I couldn’t argue with his logic, we both knew it was true. I yanked on my right hand that was tied to a knot in the metal headboard. Again,it stayed firmly in place.
“Stop pulling on it, it’ll just make your injuries worse,” he said.
My entire body stiffened.
“How do you know about that?” I asked in a low voice, checking to make sure my clothing was still tucked into place. Not a single bruise was showing. My clothes hadn’t been touched.
His jaw clenched before he spoke,“I noticed the second the guardsstartedsearching you at my family’s house. You couldn’t handle the slightest bit of pressure.”
I blinked. “You’re more perceptive than I would’ve guessed.”
Sebastiansmirked before leaning in towards me.“You have no idea how perceptive I am. I notice every time you quiver under my touch. How you bite down on your lip when you think about me fucking you.”
Damn it, those words should not have sounded so arousing when I was this vulnerable.
“You’re fucking delusional,” I growled, and tried to move against the restraints again. Pain echoed up my arm.
His eyes narrowed as he stared down at my arm.
“How bad is it?”he asked, a hint of gentleness seeping into his voice.
I tried to shrug, but my position made it difficult. “I’ll live. But I can’t say the same for you if you don’t untie me.”
Sebastianstood up from the bed and walked out of the room. I tried to reach my mouth towards the knots near my hand. Maybe if I bit into the silk scarf, it would come apart? My head barely moved an inch before I slumped back into the bed in resignation. I had to give it to him: he did have certain talents.
Sebastian walked back into the room with a large white box in his hand. Myheart started racing.
He shook his head.“Relax, it’s a medical kit.” He stepped towards the bed, but stopped a few feet away. He pulled out some ointments.
“I won’t touch you if you don’tgive me permission. But I should really check on your injuries,” he said, stillmaintaininghis distance.
I thrashed my body. My hips bucked up, but my feet stayed firmly rooted in place.
“If I wanted to kill or harm you I would’ve done it last night,” he said.Sebastianpatted the gun in his waistband, and a small smile emerged on his lips.“You gave me plenty of opportunities.”
I sighed and stared up at the purple mesh fabric hanging from the popcorn ceiling. He was right of course. When we’d been kissing, he hadn’t even bothered to reach for the gun I’d thrown to my side. I felt a small blush workingitsway up my skin as I visualized him straddling me last night. I pushed the thought away and hoped the heat on my skin would disappear just as quickly.
I’d be a hypocrite if I got upset over him tying me up. After all, I did the exact same thing to him. Plus,he could have done whatever he wanted without my permission. Instead, he was keeping a respectful distance, seemingly waiting for myassent.
As much as I didn’t want to admit it, he had a point. I should really check on my injuries. Things that seemed benign at first glance could easily become somethingdeadlywhen left unchecked. And it was obvious he wasn’t letting me out of the restraints anytime soon. We both knew the second he untied me, I’d be diving for the gun.
However, I didn’t understandwhyhe was helping me.The second his men arrived, my current injuries would be the least of my worries. It seemed pointless to check me for injuries before his men shot multipleroundsinto my chest.
