Page 175 of Sienna Rossi: Beyond Shattered Trust

“That I loved you.” My heart thumps at his words as he brushes his thumb across my cheek.

“Good, so let’s get this done. I am ok. If it gets too much, I will tell you; this baby is my priority, too.”

He nods and smiles, causing warmth to flood through me despite the freezing cold around us.

I lean up instinctively, kissing him softly, and for a moment, everything else disappears.

The storm.

The fear.

The dome.

Everything.

His hand slides down my waist as he deepens the kiss, but before I can melt into it entirely, something in the air changes, and we pull apart.

Before either of us can say anything, an immense pressure slams down on us as wave after wave of power slams through the sky. My heart thunders as I realise it’s a barrier. One that covers the entire dome and the area surrounding it for miles.

My heart thumps, wondering who has such immense power...

A cold feeling crawls down my spine, and I reach out for Jayce, but another immense wave slams through the air, and Jayce wraps his arms around me as we’re thrown to the ground. I hear the dome hum violently, my ears ringing as I flinch from the excruciating sound.

And then I feel it.

A power as sinister as the first time I felt it.

My heart pounds as I turn, sensing him.

“Come out, Deimos King, I feel you.” The voice carries clearly through the storm. Jayce moves me behind him as he emerges through the storm near the dome, his dark coat moving violently in the wind, whilst power rolls off him heavily enough to make the air feel suffocating.

The figure stops.

Even from this distance, I feel his gaze on us, like he already knows exactly where we are despite the concealment spell.

His eyes glint dangerously from behind the mask he wears.

And my stomach drops completely.

Vincenzo.

Every instinct inside me screams that this man is dangerous.

Jayce’s hand tightens around mine painfully, and I can sense his fear seep through a tiny crack in the bond; not because he’s scared of him, but because he fears for my life, for my safety.

Not because he fears Vincenzo.

Because of me.

We need to leave. Right now, I whisper through the mind-link.

There’s nowhere to go, Jayce replies calmly despite his inner turmoil, his now-blue eyes fixed on Vincenzo.

And he’s right.

We’re trapped.

A Rematch