I frown. No, she loves me. She wants me.
Milo takes Kai in his arms and forces her to kiss him. He shoves his tongue into her mouth, forcing her to kiss him back. And then she moans, and I lose it.
The gun fires—killing Milo instantly.
And then Kai looks at me, with all of her wrath and I know the truth. She loves him and hates me. I’ll never be enough. And I’ve truly become the monster she thought I was the entire time.
I WAKE UP ABRUPTLY. When I sit up, I already know Kai is no longer beside me. I wouldn’t have such an evil, cruel dream if she were still near.
I stretch for a second and try to wipe the bad dream from my head.
It was just a dream. It means nothing.
But I know it will stay with me far too long.
I pull on my jeans and a dark T-shirt before I go to find Kai. And I don’t even want to know what clothes she put on when she decided to leave my bedroom. Her clothes are still on the floor, and the only thing I notice mi
ssing is my shirt from yesterday.
I head to the kitchen first, assuming her stomach decided it needed food and that’s exactly where I find her—with Zeke.
I growl when I see him put his hand on her wrist as if to comfort her. But all I see is anger. No one touches Kai without her permission. He knows she doesn’t like to be touched, and he did it anyway. It’s unacceptable. Especially when she’s only half dressed.
I storm toward them and shove Zeke against the wall before either of them hear me.
“What the hell are you doing, touching her?” I scream in his face, huffing out all of my furry into him as I squeeze his neck so tightly he can barely breathe.
“Enzo, let him go! He wasn’t doing anything wrong!” Kai yells next to me, trying to pull my hand off of him.
“He touched you for no reason when he knows it hurts you, that’s something,” I say.
My eyes burn into Zeke’s. If he wasn’t my brother, I’d throw him overboard for an offense like that. I made a vow to Kai no man would ever hurt her again, and that includes something small like a touch that burns her skin.
“His touch didn’t hurt me!” Kai shouts.
“What?”
“His touch doesn’t hurt me anymore. At least, it barely registers. And he was just trying to comfort me. Let him go right now,” Kai says with her hands on her hips and defiance in her eyes. She will fight me if I don’t let him go.
I release my hold. Damn, that dream fucked with my head and put me on edge more than I thought.
“Sorry,” I say, running my hand through my hair. I walk over to the pot of coffee, pour myself a cup and down it, needing to walk out of the fog I feel trapped in.
“It’s okay, man. I’m going to go check on the captain and see if he needs anything,” Zeke says, wisely leaving me alone.
I shake my head, trying to brush off the anger flowing through my veins. I can’t. The anger is always a part of me. Always ready to explode at a moment’s notice. I used to be better at controlling it, but ever since Kai came into my life, my emotions are all over the place. I’m having feelings I didn’t even know existed, and the anger is the hardest to keep in check.
“What the hell was that?” Kai says, shoving me backward.
“You don’t want to touch me right now.”
“I think I do if you are going to act like an asshole for no reason.”
“Just leave it alone, Kai.”
“No, I can’t. I won’t.”
“Kai,” I warn when she steps so close we are all but touching. “Back up.”