nease warring with his anger
r neck. The faint, purplish marks there, not yet
e erupted inside him. He considered Ellery his property. Eve
to a dangerous growl. He grabbed her chin, forc
immense, but the mockery in
ury, and found it utterly pathetic. He brought his
st the wall, his large frame trapping her. "Spea
aring at the fabric, searching f
with his violation, a desperate courage born of disgust rose in her chest. She had
ard hers, Ellery spoke, her voi
ou really w
topped him cold. He stared at
night," she said slowly, enunciating every word
always controlled her finances completely. The
loser, her lips brushing his ear, and
she whispered, the sound for his ear
isting the knife. "Congratulations, Jace. We might bo
ved her away from him as if
ide with a mixture of di
oice trembled with a rage so
ching his horror with a grim satisf
ght have a sexually transmitted disease. If you've touched me recently... oh, I'm sorry. I forgot
ect, pristine life being tainted by something so.
his lips moving, but no words came o
om his throat. He stumbled backward, away fro
retching echoed from
with a pathological fear of imperfection l
emptiness. She stood up straight, smoot
uitcase and calmly
o the heaving man inside. "Jace, my lawye
her suitcase out of the room, out of the gild
silence, their eyes darting from her to the sou
ding sunlight. It felt like a rebirth, and als
long, manicured driveway, her s
harp, explosive sound of expensive porcelain shatteri
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