“Why not just kill us now?” I asked bluntly. The question made him flinch, and he whipped around with a glare.
“Don’t ask stupid questions,” he muttered. “I told you to be quiet.”
“It’s not a stupid question. I don’t have any magic right now. You could do anything you want to me.”
That wasn’t quite true. In my veins I felt the slightest flicker of magic returning, but it wasn’t enough to kill Silas. Either way, he didn’t need to know the entire truth. Acting weak would serve me better right now.
Silas scowled. “You’re right. I could. So you should hold your tongue and stop irritating me.”
He was about to turn around again and ignore me, but I couldn’t let that happen. I needed him to keep talking.
I let out a loud, exaggerated sigh. “So, how am I supposed to go to the bathroom around here?”
Silas groaned in frustration and anger as he turned on me. “Shut up! Stop running your mouth while I’m trying to think.”
Good. I’ll keep talking, then.
“I’m serious. Am I supposed to piss on the floor like a dog? Even though I’m sure you’d love to see me embarrass myself, that’s not sanitary for youorthe baby, and you’ll have to live with the smell - ”
“Enough!” Silas snarled. He grabbed the front of my shirt, jerking me forward. “Stop talking.”
“I can’t. I love to hear the sound of my own voice.”
Silas smacked me. The pain shot through my cheek, making me grunt. It hurt, but nothing was bleeding and otherwise I was fine. The force wasn’t too strong - just like I predicted. He was allowed to hurt me, but not badly.
But why? What’s holding him back? Wasn’t the whole point of my capture that the Knightswantedto hurt me?
“You’ll keep quiet unless you want another taste,” Silas warned, holding up the back of his hand.
I growled.He still hasn’t revealed any important information.
I braced myself to be hit again and taunted, “Go ahead. Nobody’s around. Whoever you’re working for doesn’t have to know that you beat me up.”
Silas’s eyes flashed, and he hesitated.
I knew it!I thought.He is working for someone else.
Silas backed off, tense. I could see the thoughts racing in his head.
“Well?” I asked. “I’m waiting.”
His eyes burned with annoyance. I didn’t know who or what was protecting me from his rage, but it was clearly important if he didn’t want to punish me for harassing him.
Then the second smack hit me across the other side of my face. I hissed as the sharp contact split my lip open against my teeth. The time, I tasted blood.
Angel began crying.
Okay, maybe I was wrong. He can apparently hurt me a little more than I thought.
The fight in me drained away and I held back from pissing him off even more. The throbbing pain in my face and the bloody lip was enough for now. But I still didn’t know why he hadn’t killed me on the spot - or why he was being strangely kind to Angel.
I glanced at my daughter now. It was my fault she was upset and crying because I pushed my luck too far.
I’m supposed to be protecting her, but all I keep doing is getting her into trouble…
“Are you quite finished talking back?” Silas growled. “Stupid omega. You made your own child cry because of your arrogance. In fact, your hubris seems to be an issue you run into quite a bit.”
I growled. The act was dropped - now it was personal. “What do you care? She has no use to you.”
