Married To My Enemy Alpha

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, the winding road beyond them, and the

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ho owned

ho now...

a weight. Like gravity itself shifted when he stepped

voice low, deep, like the

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d a few

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s head. "You

my sides. "Why? Becau

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t even when he stoo

de me. Like a thread tying my soul to his.

hing

d of my hair, curling it between his finge

just

've always remem

ught. "What

didn't

against my cheek. I hated how my skin tingle where he touched m

ered something

eath, the closeness of his mouth. I shoul

I di

topped me. There was no

hun

else. Something soft

ed, not even sure w

it ha

AS

s and fire. The heat slapped against my face. I dropped t

g out. Fast.

Damien with me behind the heavy dresser. My nightgown was to

t the bedpost.

ed to him. His eyes weren't glowing anymore-they

shift. Right h

d. "You'll tear

e for this,

e hand

fro

membered moves I hadn't used in years. I counted the shadows. T

oter. M

he ground and threw it at the hallway li

le

ll, avoiding the glass. I reached the far w

e roof opposit

eath

e stone floor. I reached the hallway, then the stairs, then

like a

t I had learned long ago how to use my weight

ed the

was too late. I slammed into him from behind, kno

h me. I ducked.I grabbed the back of his head a

ent

g down at his body. The blood

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one thi

any t

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he shadows of the estate, moving lik

as his d

ien had already handled the second man.

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roof. Took him ou

I said

ne. He lifted it gently, looking at the bloo

ned you,

words trembled on

. "Before he died, he made

elt something shift in the room. "I knew t

"But it never let me go." He stepp

name," he whispered. "I married yo

htened. "That

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isse

sn't

ire meet

something terrifying.I felt the same pull

s no goi