Mr. Creep & Mrs. High-Pitch

**POV: Elysia**

"Tristan, relax. You are physically hurting me!" I gasped, my voice sharp and frantic as I dug my heels into the stone steps of the grand staircase. His grip on my waist was unyielding, practically dragging me upward.

The sharp reprimand sliced right through his blind rage. Tristan instantly snapped out of his dark, furious daze. He stopped dead in his tracks and immediately rele