The corridor leading to Kevin's room seemed much shorter then the time it had taken me to walk away from mine, despite the rooms being neighbors. My wrist was clamped in his iron clad grip as he dragged me behind him, all the while with me desperately trying to break free. Not only did I hate the sensation that his touch brought me, I was also worried about what would happen if we actually ended up in his room. Kevin was dangerous; his criminal nature shrouded by his endlessly intense eyes and built physique. I had no inkling of what he was capable of, nor did I want to find out in this specific situation.
The door approached quickly as he dragged me through the last few steps of our journey, me extremely unwilling to say the least. Just as I thought he would have his way and was about to give up struggling, my powers having had no affect as of yet, I stumbled and accidentally stepped on his heel, causing him to momentarily lose his balance. This was all the opportunity I needed, I clenched my fists and a pink bolt shot out of my hands, knocking him down and freeing my arm. I sighed in relief at my freedom from his grip and in turn the tingles that had been plaguing my skin. Just as I turned to walk away, his fists smacked against the wall behind me, trapping me between his arms and forcing me to face him.
Looking up at his face I did not see the usual cocky smirk or devilish glint in his eye that he usually held when cornering me. Instead he wore a sullen expression on his face, his eyes filled with a furious blaze as he glared down at me making me shudder in shock rather than filling me with the tingles he seemed to push over my skin.
"Um, Kevin…" before I could get another word out his mouth was crushed against mine, silencing me and anything I had wanted to say.
His kiss was rough and violent, as he pushed me against the wall, barely giving me time to breath let alone think straight. He was different from his usual self, the intense, calm and sarcastic adult that I had become familiar with. His violent behavior reminded me of the old Kevin, the Kevin that wanted Ben dead, and the Kevin that had once tried to kill me along with him.
We were still in the corridor and I hoped that someone would walk by and step in, anyone. In the moments he broke away to take a breath he stared at me with icy eyes, only for a second, then went right back to the kiss.
When he broke apart from me for his next breath, I quickly turned my head to avoid his lips when he leaned back in. He paused, pulling his head back and staring at me with cold eyes, unmoving, until I felt as though he was burning a hole into my face.
"What's wrong with you?!" I demanded, punching his chest with both hands in order to force him to take a step back. The punch neither moved him, nor changed his expression.
"Why?" He asked calmly, never changing his icy and angry expression.
"Because you're acting like a criminal!" I bellowed hysterically.
"No, I meant why do you always look at him like that?" his voice was getting thicker with anger after each word he spoke and yet I couldn't follow our conversation at all.
"Look at who?!" I retorted confused and angry.
"Aleron," he said the name as if it left a horrible taste in his mouth then deepened his glare after uttering it.
I didn't say anything, thinking over my reaction after each meeting with Aleron, then looked up at Kevin in anger. "What, exactly, are you implying?!"
He studied my expression for a moment then leaned towards me until his face was only a centimeter from mine. I could feel his breath on my face and neck, causing my cheeks to flush a pink color and forcing me to avert my eyes. After my reaction to this, his trademark smirk appeared on his face, however still holding an oppressively dark undertone to it.
"I've decided," he stated in a confident tone that made me raise an eyebrow. "I'm going to make you my woman. By the end of this week I'll make you fall in love with me."
My jaw dropped at his sudden declaration and I gazed up at him in shock and disbelief.
"That will never happen!" I blushed, angrily averting my gaze from his once more.
He chuckled and closed that centimeter distance between us, stealing yet another kiss, this one filled with passion and determination rather than violence. It seemed to go on forever, and I was powerless to break away, my body not wanting to listen to my mind's instructions. Kevin seemed to have this effect on me.
"Just wait Gwendolyn." He cockily smirked, then turned and was gone, hidden behind the door that led to his room.
I stared at the door for a moment wondering if he would return, hoping that he would chuckle and say in his trademark sarcasm 'it was a joke'. But he never did, and before I could make it to my door my knees collapsed under the weight of Kevin's words, leaving me sitting in the corridor confused and blushing.