"We are not leaving anywhere. Not before you tell me WHAT.WAS.THAT!" Ilya asked Adele who looked at him helplessly. For a second in his eyes, there flashed something dangerous. A serious warning to answer him that was purely for her sake.
She had accepted their contract because she liked being close with him, and not to fight with him. Adele tried tugging herself free, but Ilya tightened his hold. Moments later, she stopped struggling. Not because she was tired, but because she realized that he was too strong, and her struggle made her injuries ache more.
But she quickly gathered herself and said. "Perhaps, this all was a mistake."
