The Pawn and The Puppet (The Pawn and The Puppet #1)

by Brandi Elise Szeker

Aurick shoots me a glare—a warning glare. The kind that sinks to the bottom of my stomach. “Don’t look at her,” he snaps his fingers in Aurick’s face. “Look at me.”

“Let me make myself imperatively clear.” He steps up to Aurick, only a finger’s length away. “If you ever…ever… strike her again… I’ll make her watch while I castrate you.”