d, and Cailin shivered under a guard's oversized jacket as
room, panicked, and accidentally hit the alarm. She never mentioned the man. She repeated i
Cailin's hands, hidden under the table, clenched into tight fists, he
is face instantly shifted from an
of security. His tone was low and left no room for argument. "Let
ith a new, confused apprehension. He waved
he walked for a long time on the empty streets, until her legs gave out. She stopped under a streetlamp, staring at her own trembling hands
his hands, the scent of him that clung to her memory. But no matter how she scrubbed, that feeling of being pinned down, of being violated, seemed to ha
over. She went to her music theory class at the community col
y glided to a stop in front
ed windo
custom-tailored suit, his expression was cold and arrogant. He
ear and sharp, pinned her
heart lurched. He found her. She thought it was
appeared from nowher
ween her and Graham feeling like a mile of cold leather. She pressed her back against
she told herself in her mind: don't lose control. Don't l
nstead, he handed h
by the Pollard family. Her grades at the college. Eve
tally powerless, was worse than what he'd done to her that night. She felt li
at, as if discussing a stock purchase. "Be my woman. Eve
a core of pure, cold fury. Her mind scrambled for a weapon, any lie that would make this man recoil in di
er lips. She leaned forward, cl
inctively, but he didn't
oice low and venomous. "Did you
through bodily fluids. There aren't many symptoms at first, but e
e disgusted, that he'd push her away, that she would win. Her stomach chur
But he didn't flinch. He didn't sho
tly, with the tip of his finger
it made her lie feel pathetic and transp
s. His voice was a bare whisper, meant only fo
ous, obsessive light. "Because I'm sick, too. W
e mean by "only you"? It only felt absurd, and cold. This man was eith
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