Bound by Vengeance
aving Alina in the suffocati
ulse hammering against her ribs. She had won-this time.
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question
o stay calm. He wants you afraid. He
at the door m
n eyes sweeping over the untouched p
ake things easy for
hough it felt hollow. "
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t the table. "No. But I won't
ng unreadable passing through her gaze. Then
her few minutes, her bod
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know the house-his world,
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day locked in her room, no s
ugh to think he had forg
the door handle, her pu
also expected Lucia to leave someth
ly thing she ha
r. It had been subtle, but Alina had always been observant. And when L
e key in the lock
art po
en terrified. Mayb
y, she fe
eering down the dimly lit ha
teppe
ut, she had to be careful. She moved swiftly, keeping to t
ircase leading downstai
derstand him, she had
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nt she reach
rabbed h
as firm, unyielding. She barely had time to re
r voice rumbled
ong it would take befo
omach
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is presence suffocati
ard, lifting her
sound. "Oh, wife," he murmured, hi
ake the rule