Chapter 28

Valerie's POV

"Would you let me leave?" I asked in return, my voice even but unguarded.

He tilted his head slightly, his eyes narrowing in that unnervingly calm way of his. A slow, knowing smile spread across his lips.

"If you did your research, little wolf," he said, voice low and deliberate, "you'd know that anyone who breaks their promise with me ends up with their corpses found in the wilderne