#Chapter 10: Preparing for Change

Neil makes me give him Mia. He takes her into the pyramid and the door slams shut behind him. I immediately feel a pit in my stomach. Somehow, I’ve grown attached to this baby despite only being near it for a few hours. I’m protective of her and it hurts me to know that she’s gone. As soon as the door closes, Archer is on me like a hawk. He grabs my wrist and wrenches me towards him. We’re chest to chest again. He looms over me, almost a foot taller than me. His eyes are licked with fire. I try and pull away but his grip on me is iron. “I need you to know,” he says, low and taunting. It’s terrifying. It’s a threat. “I don’t agree with this fucking idiotic idea. I will be watching you. Your every move. And I’ll be waiting for you to fuck something up. Then, I’ll step in and ruin you.” He annunciates the last word so sharply that I feel it in my toes. Despite the menacing look he’s giving me, the feeling of our chests against another is oddly intimate. I take a shallow