Monster (Impossible #1)

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Authors: Julia Sykes
beside me.
    “Sit down, doc,” he ordered lazily.
    I glared at him.  I had spent enough time on that bed beside the disturbingly handsome man already.  “I’d rather not,” I said drily.  “And I thought I told you to call me Dr. Ellers.”
    His expression froze for a moment, as though taken aback by my gumption.  Then his grin widened.  “Sit down, Claudia,” he re-phrased, addressing me slightly more respectfully.  But it still wasn’t a question; it wasn’t enough for me.  Despite being undeniably charmed by his heart-melting smile, I held my glare.
    He blinked once, then chuckled, a deep, rumbling noise that made something tug strangely in my chest.  But he stopped quickly, cut off by a wince as the movement jarred his chest.
    “You should try not to laugh.  Avoid sudden movements,” I advised.
    He grimaced at me, his dark eyes full of pain.  “No shit, doc,” he ground out through gritted teeth.
    I frowned back at him, piercing him with a sharp glare.
    After a moment, he rolled his eyes.  “No shit, Claudia ,” he corrected.  Then he yawned widely.  “Your antagonism is wearing me out.  That can’t be good for my health,” he accused, but there was a lightness in his tone that suggested that he still found me amusing.
    “That’s the oxycodone,” I said, trying to suppress a small smile.  Despite everything, his easy humor was catching; his levity in the face of intense pain seemed to infect me.  “You should rest more,” I said kindly.
    “You’re a lot bossier than most of the women I find handcuffed to my bed, you know,” he said.  He patted the bed beside him again.  “Now sit down.  Watching you stand there all tense is making me tired.”
    “You should be tired,” I reiterated, but I found my knees folding as though of their own accord.  Still, I was careful to position my body as far from Sean as possible, practically perching on the edge of the bed.
    It didn’t escape his notice, and his eyes were mocking as he spoke. “I won’t bite you, you know.”  Then his grin turned wolfish.  “Not unless you want me to, that is.  I’d be quite happy-”
    “Not in a million years,” I said, cutting him off sharply.  “Now, before you go off into some drug-induced lucid fantasy, let’s get something straight: You are not to touch me in any way.  You may think that your eighth-grade flirting is cute, but it’s pretty fucked up considering that the only reason I’m in your bedroom is that you won’t allow me to leave.  So whatever your perverted little mind is imagining, don’t let your fantasy include me as a willing participant.”
    The predatory grin was gone from his face as though I had slapped it away.  His expression darkened, the lines of his face drawing downwards.  He suddenly couldn’t seem to meet my eye.  “Claudia, I....”
    “You what, Sean?”  I asked angrily, hurling his name out like a curse.
    “I’m sorry,” he said finally, looking up at me through his long, dark lashes.  “I’m sorry I can’t let you leave.”
    “But you can,” I said, desperation coloring my tone.  “I promise I won’t tell-”
    “You just can’t, Claudia!”  He said harshly, his eyes snapping up to burn into mine.  They were ablaze with an anger so intense that I scooted away from him as far as I could without falling off the bed.  The man before me was so different from the flirty, arrogant boy I had seen only moments earlier; this man gave off an aura of power that threatened to overwhelm me.  It frightened me almost more than Bradley’s gun.
    But I refused to show how intimidated I was, so I summoned up all of my courage and met his furious gaze.  “You should get some rest,” I said coldly.
    For a moment, we were frozen, the strength of our wills locking us in place as they silently squared off against one another.  But no, I wasn’t frozen; I was warm.  The blaze in Sean’s eyes burned with something other than anger, a darker

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