His Laws, Her Chains

grand hallway, her heartb

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his mansion without another word, leaving he

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topped in fro

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ed inside

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ver belonged to

d. "Where is

't change. "That's

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cou

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ill be served in an hour. If yo

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icked shut

realized she was a pris

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table, her fingers tighten

except for the faint ticki

presence before s

her, exuding the same cold

unreadable, his face a per

etween them, casting shadow

ffortlessly powe

of the

, expensive, prepared with the kind of precis

had no a

like she was nothing more tha

have something to do. "Is this w

r didn't

nt meals? Separate rooms? Do w

ting his wine glass d

voice was smooth, dangerous. "Wou

ers dug int

nd who treats me li

ssed his lips, but it

he said, voice calm but edged w

burned w

he said, meeting his gaze, "but tha

his express

looked at her like she

air, studying her. "You

urned suf

but she refuse

ddenly,

fway over, but he had

d her chin for just a second-barely a

" he murmured. "You do

e was

ping the table, trying

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sleep was

e ceiling, her mind replaying

er felt so

o

dn't let

efore her brain

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here, she wo

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filled her lungs, bu

ence. Guards patrolled the perimeter, but she had gr

d as she climbed

eep b

she j

through her ankles, b

wiftly across the yard,

close to th

wrapped arou

ood ra

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against a hard

rwood and danger

heart s

ight into Alexande

ion. No

controlled

ckless," h

ened, but not

ind her that she b

gled. "Let

did

er wrists behind her

ssness of it made

a game?" he asked, v

ran down

s too

n con

ep me here,"

in, his lips br

murmured. "A

eyes

, with helplessness, with someth

loosened

push him aw

un her around and pressed

s were inc

ed to her lips-j

breath

rned to hers,

thought he would b

epped

lready walking to

ice devoid of warmth. "Before you ma

hands t

ated

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than an

that he

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