Chapter 48

**~MARLOWE~**

As I stalked towards the gates, I pounded the ground with my feet. Each step was painful, but I somehow found it soothing. The rage inside me was pure and true, and the rocks bruising the bottom of my feet were a distraction I needed. Otherwise the coiled rage within me would have blown the top of my head off.

"Bastard!" I growled to myself. How dare he. How dare he think I would just bow over and let him stick his wants up my ass and say thank you afterward.

With a glance over my shoulder, I peered down the drive behind me, suddenly finding myself irrationally pissed off that he hadn't followed me. My thoughts grew erratic and found my resolve not to give into him weakening. I reminded myself of the way he looked at me, the way he talked to me. He was acting like I was some sort of prize to be won, a trophy to be claimed.

As I shored up my big-girl panties, and continued marching forward, the gravel of the driveway turned to asphalt. With one foot following the other, I