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ng away my parents' worried faces. The gentle mask fell from Damien
arge frame trapped me between the
me?" His voice was a
, that a hysterical laugh rose in my throat. It died before it
hout flinching. My blue eyes, which had been clouded wit
id of you?" My voice trembled
it was like a physical sting. His bro
ear and humiliation finally finding their way out. "You forced me to become your partner.
r, closing the space between us until
me why I'm afraid of you?" Each word w
were a storm. The air around us dropped severa
d, at being accused by its mate. It wanted to dominate,
the despair that had been my constant companion h
ing, tears finally streaming down my face.
that slipped past all his defenses and
in the face of that one simple, devastating truth. He thought his streng
He was fighting a war with himself, struggling
own expression a tortured mix of pain
spun around and slammed his fis
he force of the blow, a spiderweb of destr
zing my eyes shut, bracing
ever
est heaving, his gaze a maelstrom of emotions. The
and fury. He disappeared around the corner
th that had fueled my outburst van
oor. The confrontation had drained me, left me hollow a
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