The Girl He Marked by Laila Callaway

Book 1 Chapter 33

I’m going to take her, she can stay in my room tonight, you are the last thing she needs to deal with right now, the woman says, her voice leaves no room for argument, but Eli’s eyes remain black,

“You are not taking her from me, I’ve only just got her, he snarls, and the woman holds her hand up to stop him.

‘Look Eli, you don’t want to scare her, let her stay with me, you need to calm down, she’s going to be right next door, you can see her tomorrow, the woman tries to pacify Eli, and miraculously his shaking slows

‘Fine, he growls, his eyes are solely on me and it’s making me feel very uncomfortable. I’m a little an noyed they keep talking about me as if I’m not standing right next to them.

He strides towards me, and I barely have time to react before he pulls me into his arms and buries his face in my hair. I freeze up, standing rigidly with my arms at my sides, and look at the woman in surprise over his shoulder. She just shrugs and shakes her head at me. After a weird moment, Eli pulls away. I grab my bag and follow the woman out of the room. I glance back at Eli as I exit, he’s watching me with a sad ex pression on his gorgeous face.

I follow the woman down the stairs, being careful not to trip in this massive duvet. I barely even look at the house as we walk through it. I’m thinking my chances of escaping this woman are better than they were with Eli. She leads me out of the front door, down the porch steps and towards another house. I look over at the forest edge and calculate how far I could get. She follows my line of view and shakes her head.

Don’t even think about it, I’d catch you before you’d even taken a step, and we have patrols on the bor der who’d stop you, she comments and my stomach sinks at the realization that she is actually on Eli’s side.

won’t be helping

that were fighting, she rolls her

lie about my name,

try and be quiet please, she says, and I

and blues, and I feel bad about stepping onto her fluffy white

my brother’s duvet, she remarks, and I look down at myself, swaddled in

you, the bathroom is behind you, she hands me a pile of clothes which

and lock the door. I lean back against it and take

could be ly ing. Even if they aren’t, they’re still really weird and I don’t know

show. I take off my dirty socks, use the toilet and wash my face in the sink. I look in the

Book 1 Chapter 33

and toothpaste to clean my teeth, needing the minty taste as

locked and none of them could get to me. But after seeing the strength of Eli and his brother earlier, I doubt the door would keep them out

she laughs as she takes the duvet off me and walks to the door. She pauses and turns