Carnivals: Claimed By The Deranged Alpha Prince [BL]
Chapter 108: You Miscalculated

He blinked at me in confusion.

"The hell?" He growled and I tried not to flinch from fear. He was standing so close to me that his scent was filling up every inch of my lungs and I hated that so much. His scent was the last scent I wanted to bask in right now.

"But it’s the truth." I continued after swallowing emptily. My heart was pounding against my ribs as I watched the anger in his face multiple in volumes.

"Y- you won’t hurt me, Xander." I forced out through the lump currently stuck in my throat.

"What makes you think so? Huh?" He demanded before dissolving into laughter.

"Because of Blaze." I blurted out, heart racing as I watched the smile slowly drain out of his face. His face was almost emotionless as he regarded me and it urged me to continue.

"That’s the truth, right?" I paused for a moment and tried to suck in a deep breath.

"You aren’t gonna hurt me, because of Blaze. You’re only doing this to scare m- me." My voice wobbled at the last word before an amused look settled across his face as he stared at me for a few moments before shaking his head and snorting out a laugh.

"You know, I used to think you were dumb, and I was convinced that you couldn’t get dumber than that. But you just proved my previous point wrong. You really can get way more dumb, which is not only ridiculous and amusing but also almost pitiful." As he spoke, my breath trailed off to a stop as I stared up at him while my heart pounded away.

"Do you really think Blaze can do a thing to me?" He continued and then he breathed out another laugh before shaking his head.

"You must be really dumb. Perhaps he has fucked the last of your brains right out of you. Is that it? Is that why you’re acting so dumb than usual?"

As he spoke, I bit on my bottom lip while wondering if I hadn’t just made this situation way worse for myself.

The only reason why I decided to use Blaze’s name was because he had asked me to use it in situations like this. Only that this current one seemed like bringing up Blaze’s name did more harm than good for me right now.

"I’m so sorry I brought Blaze up." I decided to backtrack but he only scoffed before inching closer to me. I shifted back and desperately wished I could crawl into the wall right now.

"No, you’re not. You’re clearly not. You must be really dumb to have thought his name was gonna do shit for you." He continued before laughing and shaking his head again.

"Why would you even think that? You think I’m gonna drop to the ground in fear at the mention of his name? Is that it?"

I shook my head vigorously as I kept frantically apologizing. "I’m so sorry, I swear it."

He grabbed my throat the next moment and I instantly began to gasp for breath, panic shrugging through every inch of my body.

This didn’t feel sexy or hot the way it felt whenever Blaze grabbed my throat. This one felt dangerous for my life and I reached for his wrist and tried pulling his hand away but he only laughed in my face before tightening his grip.

"You must have had a motive for desperately trying to get close to me. I still need an answer to that." His voice was angry this time as he spoke and I felt tears well in my eyes from how hard I was struggling to breathe.

"Speak." He roared and I flinched, mouth wobbling but nothing coming out each time I tried to speak. The only things leaving my mouth were pleas and apologies, words which only seemed like they were getting him angrier as the seconds went by.

"I can choose to snap your throat right now if I want." He growled into my face and I tried kicking at him but he easily evaded the kicks, and then his grip tightened to the point that it was harder to gasp for a tiny amount of breath.

"Start talking right now! Damn it." He snarled as he released his hold on my throat. I slid down at once, hands reaching for my throat as I desperately sucked in deep bouts of air. My throat felt like it was on fire, my chest heaved with each deep breath I pulled into my lungs and my hands shook with the amount of nerves currently swimming through them.

Xander was pacing around the elevator and when it got to the first floor and a few people tried to get in, he snarled at them and pushed a button that had the elevator doors sliding close once close, trapping me with him once again.

He started to pace again and I kept sucking in deep breaths because my lungs still felt empty. I felt dizzy, my eyesight were blurred at the edges and I tried to cling unto consciousness because I know that passing out in a situation like this is the last thing I should be doing.

Xander finally stopped pacing and crouched before me. I hastily averted my gaze from his but he only scoffed and grasped my jaw roughly and jerked my face around till I was facing him once again.

"Please let me go, I beg you." I whispered desperately but he shook his head firmly.

"Sadly, that’s not happening. Not until you tell me what I wanna know. Why is it so hard for me to just fucking answer me?" He snapped and I flinched a little.

I couldn’t possibly tell him the truth, that his father is a suspect as someone who had a hand in the mass murder which is currently being blamed on me.

When I tried to plead again, he gripped my hair tightly and yanked on it, causing a sharp, biting pain to rush through my scalp.

He was about to speak when the elevator doors began to slid open once again.