y committed to my role as
ragged over a little stool and sat
to him and picked all the bell peppe
followed behind him like a shadow,
o say-"Get lost," "Stay away from me,"
id he actually
om pity and disdain to something closer to d
ian was heading t
had a stylist deliver a row of haute
iery red str
elain tender, the red dress blazing aga
-term malnourishment were now, after a week
arily stunned by
g my reflection. His throat bob
clinking glasses and e
eared, he became the
my hand, nearly every gaze
ousy, cur
el every b
worked with Damian approached with a glass in h
against him, cutting o
's m
. Simple.
acknowledgment of
gh me, and I tightene
om, a venomous gaz
Natalie's face, tw
ite gown, standing beside some rich heir sh
eyes looked like it
er and gave a deliber
ned of color as she
off to discuss business with
champagne from a passing
long before som
wing stronger by the second, like co
ature was
lt like it had been triggered, surg
reading across my forehead-m
ar-and then I saw Natalie's
as h
ok to the man
ng toward me, reachin
touch
oint, knocking the man to the
onto Dami
... I don't
ing a hand to my forehead-his e
into his arms and strode toward the hotel r
s was already s
road, warm embrace, his masculine ess
felt like the most dang
pletely los
hed face and rapid breathing, he assumed I was
. I'll get
finish, I grab
strength, I pulled
xt moment, I had flipped over
angled in the
amian froze, complet
get off
r the surge of my succubus bloodli
d his waist and locked
... Damian..
f tears. My mind was slipping, l
eded
owered my head, pressing clumsy, desperate ki
via
ned rough, straine
trying to ground me. "Snap o
n't hear hi
is warmth could sooth
-blurred eyes, my voice breakin
an unnatural flush, her eyes shimmering with tears
nd dangerous
hitched, his g
y, retreating under the ov
h him, reclaiming control. His voice
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