He turned the ignition before he returned to gripping the steering wheel. His knuckles had turned white, and the veins bulged out of his large hands as he did so.

"Why are you so mad?" I felt my chest move up and down as I asked the question.

His darkened eyes met mine. He leaned over in his seat towards my one so that he could see me better.

"I went to your apartment this morning and you were not there." His voice was sharper than knives as he revealed to me "Then I worry so I race here. Only to find you with the blonde prick."

"I was meeting Lana. You know that. Brennan came to school with you so he should have told you we were meeting early." I retorted back honestly before asking "Anyway, how are they going to get back home?"

"Do not change the subject, Medusa."

"I met Chase at my locker, and he said he needed more help with his essay." I told him honestly "Nothing more interesting than that happened."

The closeness between us surprised me as I noticed the proximity. I had leaned over too to be closer to him.

I tried to avoid looking at his lip that was curled into a scowl.

He snarled like the very thought alone was enough to drive him mad "He has a lot more than studying on his mind."

I did not back down as I asked the question that had been sitting on my tongue for a long time "Why do you care?"

His eyes softened to a pool of black liquid as he stared down at me.

"Why do I care?" His deep voice repeated with a humourless chuckle.

"Yeah." I confirmed and asked again "Why do you care?"

Stone remained silent.

"Why did you steal me away?"

"Fuck." Stone let out gruffly while running a hand through his inky black hair "I don't know how to do this."

"Do what? Kidnap people?" I questioned, my tone turning deadpan "I hate to compliment you but you are doing a pretty good job at it."

The tense heat between us continued to build up and it was no closer to shattering as we stared at one another.

The four words that escaped his mouth set the small amount of air in his truck on fire.

He released his confession out ferally "Because you are mine."

"What?" I asked quietly, thinking that I had misheard him.

His voice was not any less carnal as he stated the words like there was no way of changing the law of them "You are mine."

My eyes widened. It took a while for the words to fully sink in.

I slowly backed away from him and tried not to think about the feeling in my stomach.