CH.90

The mocking lilt in Serena’s throaty murmur, caused an icy sliver to pierce Enzo's gut.

His hands clenched into tight fists, the tendons and musculature in his arms and shoulders tensing and bulging as he visibly strained against the invisible bonds holding him immobile.

It was as if every fiber of his being were straining to launch itself across that short distance and tear Serena apart with his bare hands.

Only Meredith's presence at his side, her smaller hand coming to rest against the rigid plane of his heaving abdomen in a silent gesture of comfort and restraint, prevented him from likely doing just that.

The soothing warmth of her touch helped anchor him, preventing the rising tide of his demonic fury from cresting and sweeping away what remained of his control.

Then Serena's weird smile turned into a knowing smirk as she swept her eyes over Meredith's voluptuous figure in a very natural but obviously inappropriate and crude inspection.

"Well, well...I must say, you cert