Reborn To Escape His Toxic Love

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blade cutting through bone. Erich's hands clamped down on t

t of his stomach, burning like battery acid. The sheer force

, pulling in the scent of cheap pine

crisp ocean breeze. No scent of E

ootsteps thudded

t, curling into a tight, defensive ball. His shoulders hiked up to his ears. He bra

or flew open, slammi

rimmed eyes rushed into the room. A glass of water slipped

a guttural s

tate. She wrapped her arms around Erich's rigid

vous system. The trauma of being forcefully held down, of being touched

ing arms, shoving at her c

crossed her arms tightly over her chest and bit down hard on her lower lip

nally decide

emand who they were and where Erik was. But the words died in his throat

ce pale with terror. She sp

tchen and get him so

er arms and vanis

e air. Erich didn't look at her. He lowered his chin,

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completely devoid of the cigarette

ad. He ripped the heavy blanket off his legs, staring down at the

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right blue plastic mug. She shoved it toward E

few ice-cold drops landed dire

hit his skin. His

neck, forcing his head under the freezing bathwater, hij

ked gasp and swatte

ss the room, bouncing off the hardwood floor with a

er hands shook violently as she re

where it hurts." Her voice

sed himself into the wood like a cornered stray cat. His chest heaved. His eyes

h her knuckles were white wh

o throw a tantrum, he's

aled through his nose. He was alive. He wasn't in the freezing cabin

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blow to the jaw. It was his nam

or. He opened his mouth, but only a broken, animalistic wheeze escaped. His chest heaved as he struggled to connec

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e room instan

, tracking through the deep lines around her mouth. She

threatening step toward the bed,

hose pills? You don't recogniz

catastrophic reactio

in. Images of swallowing handfuls of white pills. The c

e sound of the lock clicking on the abandoned cabin door, the fr

oan. He grabbed his own hair, pul

itching forward off the edge of the mattress. He gag

d, catching him by the shoulders

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him tight against her chest. The smell of her laun

to get away from her touch. He needed to r

ey would lock him in a psych wa

he tasted the sharp, metallic tang of his own blood. The phys

etely limp in

sped out, his voi

e carefully pushed him back onto the pillows, tucki

er stain on the ceiling. He had just hijacked the life of a