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rried me through the city like a casket on wheels. Every stoplight passed like a countdown. I stared out the window, but all I could

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had shoved me into the car earlier, his e

st. My hands wouldn't stop trembling. I clutched the

g's words ech

I'll pay you enough

ing this

for

thrashed and growle

ed. Let me protect you

ow. We won't survive this. We

ed, I stepped out slowly,

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ked i

g stars. Marble stretched out beneath me, so polished I could see my re

a man toward the elevators. H

my head. If I had to become someone else for the

ded upward in su

d into the hallway, hear

y waiting ins

e

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sk

rising faintly from his skin. His body looked unreal, broad shoulders, sculpted ch

ort, my brea

yself for

l, I thought.

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tly when he hea

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and deep, cutting throu

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questions.

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t repeat

s trembled as I climbed onto the mattress, lyi

ed shift as

ore

y t

gh my body like fire. I clamped my mouth shut, tears sliding

w. Hard.

And I didn't know why but I did enjoy

ng this f

de me, curling into he

n him... but there was

heavy, my body sore. I stared at the ceiling,

his shirt. I watched him from the corner of

sc

jawline and curved down his neck, almost

ng in m

sca

en that

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dn't r

branded itself

shirtless, and placed a che

wly picked it up

mill

ers, my chest rising

uld cover my mother'

mething hollow and ugly. Something that clawed its way u

my body. Fo

even know

ound. The door shut

for a moment,

I pulled the mask off and tossed it to the floor, running a hand through

ded t

to see

ending a new ache through me. The fabric of the dress clung unc

in the mirror

an who had survived

the check.

buzzed from t

grab it, pai

pit

ered q

el

e other end sou

right away... It's

pped. My bod

hispered, already

was a

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that would

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