CH.20

Valerie, who had scrambled back on her feet after being shoved aside by Zavian to run after him, froze in her tracks.

Her heart skyrocketed instantaneously, pounding wildly in her chest at the surreal scene unfolding before her eyes.

Zavian had one of the burly security guards lifted clean off the ground by his thick neck.

The guard's face was turning an alarming shade of purple. His legs kicked uselessly in the air as he struggled for breath.

But as terrifying as that display of raw, inhuman strength was, it wasn't what made Valerie's blood turn to ice in her veins. No, it was Zavian's eyes that truly chilled her to her core.

The mesmerizing blue orbs that had captivated her from the moment she first saw him were gone, replaced by something... other.

They glowed with an otherworldly, supernatural light. His iris burned like twin embers in the gathering twilight.

This was the same man she'd been scheming to seduce for months.

A violent shudder wracked Valerie's body. Fear washed over