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antly soaking through the thin knit of her sweater. The chill bit into her bones, but she didn't stop. She
ownpour. The noise that should have guided her just echoed back, useless and hollow. A high-pitched screech of tires
silver needles. She felt the sudden heat on her face, the instinctive flinch of her body recog
crete with a cold, measured rhythm. Step. Step. Step. The sheer oppressive w
d, water-logged tire. The world tilted. Her knees hit the rough co
ed against the ground, rolling away until it tapped gen
nd her upper arm like a vice, digging into the muscle. Without a word, h
and something darker. Something violent. Her body started to shake,
you running to with
hal sound above her head. It was a d
et strands of her hair whipping across
thought they would shatter. He forced her head up, his gaze raking over her face. Even though he knew she was blind, ev
es. Her unfocused pupils dilat
tom-rung cripple actually thinks she can use
t," she rasped, the words tumbling out in her desperation. "I was go
r around them turning frigid. The idea that she would dare to de
let
hitting the damp brick wall. The rough brick scraped through her we
odyguard, held it over his boss's head, leaving Eliza completely expo
ar," Clifford ordered, his ton
hey grabbed Eliza's arms, one on each side,
ter, splashing dirty rain all over the expensive suits of the bodyguar
k, bending her wrists at a sharp, agonizing angle. A sharp cr
ing her struggle with the cold detachment
the door. Stars exploded in the blackness of her vision, and a wave of dizziness crashed over her. Shee fell face-first onto the cool, suppl
thud. The sound of the rain was instantly muffled, re
ssure into the confined space. He didn't look at her. He just leaned forward and gave the drive
pulling them away from th
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