#Chapter 12: Price of the King

A shiver runs up my spine, and he tips my face up to his leaving a kiss on my cheek. I stood trembling slightly in front of Sirius, his eyes blazing with fury. The man I had once been so deeply in love with kissed my other cheek, as if he was giving me the mark of death. My breath caught in my throat as I stared at Sirius wide eyed. “Get out.” I whisper firmly looking into the dark swirl of his eyes. Amusement dances on his lips and he snorts at my demands. “Elise, keep talking like that,” Sirius whispers a breath away from my lips. “I may have to teach you some manners.” My core pools, but I ignore the swirl of attraction and scrunch my nose at him. I lift my head, meeting his wicked gaze with a hardened glare, “You’ve once again proven that we are strangers to one another.” Sirius’s jaw tightened, a look of disdain and lust drowning in the thunder of his eyes. I can’t tell if he wants to kiss me, or scream but I don’t give him a chance to respond, “ You are self-centered.