Dark Fixation

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ly remembered how the fire had started - only that she had woken to the crackle of fl

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- wrapped around her. She gasped, fighting

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jawline, eyes like steel. He lifted her easily, cradling her against

her skin like ice. She shivered, half-consciou

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the bed, a bandage wrapped around her right arm. She had minor burns,

en when seated, dressed in a dark suit. He had visited every day sinc

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shed a strand of hair from her face. His touch was careful, a

it yet, but something about this man made