Lyra: the Billionaire's stolen wife

sper in the night-leavin

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n the city like war drums. Thunder rolled across the skylin

had changed

body and the warmth of his words. The next, she was yanked into a whirlwind of cha

longer lovers

ere fu

a drawer open and pulled out a weapon. His voi

d to dress, her heart pounding lik

men?" sh

answer. He d

arkness as black SUVs filled the alle

ttered, more to himself than her

she s

ped, grabbing her wrist.

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ing them. The hotel trembled with violence-echoes of shouts, sl

ed the par

matte black ca

mb into the backseat befor

rough narrow streets and alleys. Lyra held onto the door a

nced at

were fire

e going?" sh

f his

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s not a man e

xpression carved from stone. Rain drenched his black coat, an

e growled. "Less

ed every room,

The sheets still tangled. The

illow where her

turned to hi

crossed

s,

s burned. "T

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up to a stone estate draped in vines and mystery. Soldiers patrolled the perime

her heels sinking

re we?"

ng off his soaked jacket. "Built by

t interior. The walls were lined with books. The furniture was

e Daria

he asked softly, half t

ed to her,

aid. "This

r lip. "Yo

e corrected. "You wer

a step

dn't r

," Rafael whispered, cupping her ch

ow what I a

re al

sed her-deep, s

me, there w

y f

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ra wasn't sure if it was passion or desperation or the terrif

e didn't wor

aimed

rnails on skin. A nam

im with a kind of fury she

lay on his chest and whi

d at the

said. "For D

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days p

neyards. They ate breakfast beneath carved archways. He read to her

dise laced

hour, the thre

urned-Darian's voice, his e

s she mi

she'd go mad if she

ght, Rafael's men intercep

ttached to i

r

days. They a

had fou

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pleaded that night, pacing

wist your words. Break you

sn't br

mind. You don't see it, but I do. He doesn't love y

m to you?" s

e raw. "You're the reason I ha

, heart aching. "

losest I've

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nuck into the com

on

mber she remembered fro

up on the

yr

a weapon, so

fr

re you?"

m s

you safe. I

"I needed t

he said. "But y

n't for

pa

han ice: "So y

uldn't

acking beneath the fury. "I told

ing to be won,"

"And now I'll take you back-eve

hun

ce afterward

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, Lyra did

e moon through lace curtains

d taken h

d given h

rt was no l

roa

omething terri

make men like Darian

n the world down

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