Page 42 of Dark Princess (Knight's Ridge Empire 11)

“What?”

“Run. And if you’re sensible, you won’t fucking stop to let me catch you.”

My heart lunges into my throat before I take a step back. The cool evening air whips around me, making my skin erupt in goosebumps and sending a violent shiver down my spine. Although that could be courtesy of the danger that emanates from the boy on his knees before me.

“Three,” he starts, and I back up again. “Two.”

“Nikolas.” His nostrils flare at the sound of his name falling from my lips.

“One.”

A shriek rips from my lips and I take off as he jumps to his feet to follow me.

I don’t look back until my feet hit the freezing water of the sea, and when I do, ripping his clothes off as he strides toward me, his long legs eat up the space much faster than I anticipated.