ROUGE

GOODBYE

Thea's POV

"I told you to stay with me" Xander hushed

His lips felt like lava in my cold skin. His touch was softer, but his hold on my waist was tight as always. Bruising, almost claiming.

"Xander. What are you doing here?" I asked, trying to get out of his hold. Seeing me struggling he removed his hands from my waist and I was actually naive of me to think that we were going to have a civilized conversation because he flipped me around, grabbed my waist, picked me up and plopped me on the edge of the sink. The unexpected movement caused me to let out a loud embarrassing screech.

"Shhh kitten. We don't want your friend waking up now do we?" Xander said as he pushed his body between my legs and secured his hands on my waist.

"Xander. What are you doing?" I asked again, desperation clear in my voice

"Getting confident with my name, aren't we kitten?" Xander mocked, and for a second I thought he would be angry, but his voice didn't hold anger.

"Rouge" I said, as I straightened my back, trying to show some confidence but Xander still towered over me.

"I told you to stay with me. I told you it wasn't safe"

I almost laughed at his words. His men were the ones who tried to kill me. I scoffed at his words and said

"Explain to me how I would be safe with you if you were the one who tried to kill me?"

"I didn't fucking try to kill you. You think if I wanted to kill you I wouldn't have? I had a lot of opportunities and I didn't. I don't know what your detective friend told you, but it wasn't me" He growled out, almost screaming at the end. Someone clearly doesn't like Lila.

"So who was it?" I questioned, clearly very confused

"That's not your concern kitten"

"Not my concern? I almost DIED. How is MY LIFE not my damn CONCERN?" Was he hearing himself?

"Watch the tone kitten. You might be hurt now, but that wouldn't stop me from taking you across my knee" Xander's voice dominated the silence and if I wasn't sitting on the sink, I am sure my knees would have wobbled with the intensity of his voice. Everything about him screamed danger and hot. A deadly combination I would say. Clearing my throat, I said

"I don't know what is going on but if my life is in danger and I deserve to know it. I just wanna know why this is happening. I am overwhelmed with everything that has happened today" I don't know why I explained myself but there was something about his voice that forced me to give an explanation.

Xander took a deep breath and ruffled his hair, almost struggling with what he wanted to say. Would it be wrong that despite the messed up situation I was in, I still found him really handsome?

"Please talk to me?" I begged. Xander looked at me, staring at me for a full minute, before turning around and smashing his fist on the wall. The sudden show of aggression caused me to retreat into the mirror behind my back, trying to protect myself.

Xander continued to say things in Russian and I didn't understand a word. After a few seconds, Xander turned around and wrapped his hand on my throat. He squeezed my throat with pressure, not enough to hurt me, but enough so that I couldn't breathe properly. My eyes widened in surprise and I wanted to say something, but his hands only pressed on my neck, almost like a warning sign that he didn't want me to speak

He brought his face close to mine, his lips rested on my ear, and his other wrapped around my hair. I could feel my breathing getting heavy, but more than that, I felt Xander's breath on my skin. It burnt and tingled at the same time.