away from hers. He was b
knees. He stood up in one fluid motion, lifti
inst his shoulder. The ro
hallway and kicked the bedr
o the center of the m
ck mattress. A dizzying wav
Josephus followed her down.
bone, his teeth scraping a
k. His thumb brushed against her left che
As his hand cupped her jaw, the heavy, rare-earth all
body viole
un. The absolute terror of being exposed
sted her head awa
tly over the left side of her face. She curled her kn
, his chest heaving. Frustration and d
cracked, raw and pathetic in the qui
er eyes shut.
ord-monster-h
ike a physical bl
ttered. A violent flashba
d of a collapsing roof. He saw a
his heart. It was a phantom pai
emporarily overrode the c
lled across the bed, illuminating
rly, but he had felt the ruin
He felt an overwhelming,
ts were no longer violent.
rge, warm hands a
ut, terrified of the rejec
ed. His voice was a de
ay from her face, pressing her wrists in
he dark, jagged lin
lowered
rectly against the ugl
n, staring blindly at the ceiling. Her heart
e skin, a bizarre, electric se
t was a microscop
signature generated by the alloy and the unique, high-frequency bio-electric field his body emitted-a
tortured Abigail for years suddenly vanish
iquid relief washed t
ent, chaotic energy of the drug in his system
yes were dark, clear, and
r," he whispered roug
rs spilled over her eyelashes, trac
from her muscles.
s time, there was no violence. Only a deep, c
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