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and pressed the keyc
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ntly yanked open from the inside. A massive force gr
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y. Her heel connecte
knee forward to pin both of her ankles against the heavy oak
her neck. The heat radiating from his body seeped through h
into the thick muscle of his forearm. He
a low, guttura
hing primal. He dipped his head in the dark, his mouth cra
ed over her
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trying to bite his l
jaw, forcing her mouth open. He deepened the kis
ed to water. The frantic struggling slowed, her rational mind crumb
her up in
her to wrap her arms around his broad shoulders. He stumbled through th
nto a massive,
ng to reach the edge of the bed. A large hand clamped around her ank
g fabric ripped thr
t shiver down her spine. A second later, his
-induced rush of heat. Christal squeezed her eyes shut. She lost her gr
st its
ht shifted off her. The man rolled to his side. His
e up with a
hed. The dull pain between her thighs was a brutal reminder of what had just happ
nlight slipped throu
nster's face. But the thick shadows of the b
off the edge of the mattress, her bare
clothes. Her fingers brushed against a heavy fabric. It was a men's s
the ruined fabric over her head, grabbed her high heel
er foot clipped
dull thud. Christal froze, her lun
rt hammered against her ribs so hard it hurt. She waited in
und the doorknob. S
eyes. She squeezed them shut and sprinted
w over and over. The polished metal doors reflected her reflection. Her ha
bled inside and curled into t
ng morning wind hit her face. She raised a
The driver stared at her ruined s
rying to hold herself together. She gave him
itched. She reached up to touch her earlobe, a
eath h
gift her adoptive father
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