Page 315 of Axis of Fire

It never really mattered what you said to her.

“You're in my house.”

Every trace of sweetness vanished from Rosalie's voice.

Now it was cold.

Hard.

“And you have absolutely no right to tell me what to do.

If I wanted to...

You'd be spending tonight in the kennel with our dogs.”

“I wonder what your parents would think about that.”

Something inside me shifted.

And suddenly...

I was ready to do the one thing I'd spent years avoiding.

“Maybe we should ask them.”

I smiled.

Then turned toward the door.

A sharp crack.

Quiet.

Sudden.

I froze.

Pain exploded through my body without warning.

Then—

Nothing.

My body no longer felt like it belonged to me.

One second.

I couldn't feel my legs.

Only pain.

Spreading.

Pulsing in time with my heartbeat.

Fear crashed into me.

Nausea followed immediately after.