Bound to my Enemy novel Chapter 116

Chapter 116: Chapter 116.

"That’s the fucking point!."

She opens her mouth to say something but I cut her off.

"Did it not occur to you that it might’ve been someone sent to follow you? That it might’ve been a way to get past my gates? To see how we operate?"

Her lips part slightly.

"Well, when you put it like that, I...’"

"You what?"

I take another step toward her, sh doesn’t retreat, but I see the flicker in her eyes.

" Tell me which part of this you actually thought it through."

Her jaw tightens.

"From where I’m standing," I continue, my voice rising, "the whole thing was reckless and dangerous and careless. And I should punish you for it." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Her eyes flash instantly.

"Punish me?"

"Yes."

"What the fuck ? I am not one of your soldiers, Zane."

"No but you are someone my enemies would use against me."

"And that’s somehow my fault?"

"No. But it becomes your problem when you walk straight into their reach."

She takes a step closer .

"What would you have done if you were me?" she demands. "You were gone. With no answers or updates. My sister wasn’t answering her phone again at some point. You expect me to just sit here and trust everything is fine?"

"Yes."

Her mouth drops open.

"You won’t have

"I would."

"You’d sit there knowing your sister was sick and hospitalized?."

I rake a hand through my hair, pacing once before turning back to her.

"I would secure the situation before I moved."

"That’s you," she snaps. "You have men, you have weapons, you have a whole system to call and command when needed. I have a phone and anxiety."

I stare at her.

She breathes hard.

"That’s why you had Aaron watching me," she adds, her voice lower. "You don’t trust me."

"I don’t trust the world around you."

"That’s not the same thing."

"It is when you ignore me."

She presses her lips together.

"Today is not the day to test me, little spitfire." I say quietly.

"Then don’t test me either."

My temper snaps and I let out a string of curses under my breath

"Is there anyone else you’d like to announce your presence to?" I ask harshly. "Should I just drive you to Donaled myself? Save everyone and myself the trouble."

She scowls at me.

"I made sure my sister is safe."

"And?"

"And that matters to me."

"I didn’t say it didn’t."

"You’re acting like it doesn’t or it shouldn’t rather."

I step closer again, lowering my voice.

"You going there paints a target on sister. Don’t you get it? It puts a target on your sister and your whole family. Your brothers and grand father can very much take care of themselves but what about your sister?. Do you want to leave her more vulnerable than she already is? When you do shit like this it’s me that has to carry the burden of it. That’s more persons for me to take care and worry abut!."

Her face pales slightly.

"I made sure no one followed me."

"You cannot be sure of that."

"I doubled back."

"With a concussion victim in the passenger seat and a total stranger driving."

She presses her hands to her temples.

"Stop saying it like that."

"Like what."

"Like I’m incompetent and dumb. It’s beginning to irk the hel out of me.."

I stare at her for a long moment.

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