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es , cloaking the surroundings in a haunting beauty. In the center of the forest , somet
ent. Hol
led by my own d
ant to believe it , but I had to. I was no longer alive. The hatred burning inside me made my who
cept that this
y to find a lake bathed in moonlight. Standing beside it was a woman
oon G
turned to me with eyes full of gentl
drift-weightless , directionless-as my vi
ed and bolted upright
me was familia
and I had shared on the
k at me-eighteen again , in the same engagement
been r
nted me a second chance.
Charlotte
ell
ce broke into
u okay? I can fi
ding me. "I'm okay. It feels so
I couldn't protect you.
fault. It was Charlotte's p
lice's rage se
ch. I'll rip h
. "Charlotte , Maddison. Ever
blindsided. I would drive them out of the
my hear
ngage
me had hurt worse than any betrayal. It shatte
only. A loveless contr
er lov
he engagement. Leave Tristan behind. Don't let
e
ld es
now, and love ha
egs buckled. Heat flooded my body ,
o, no
h aphrodisiac. That's how she planned to destroy me l
s happeni
The trap was a
omplete Charlotte's plan-frame me ,
t this
, drawing strength from Alice
oadside-a car
ing hard. No phone.
ring from my finger an
the heat pulsing thr
turned ,
nt to go , dear
t v
is
y
the p
ut the fire inside me burned hotter with every breath.
oman. Damn
relief. D
ked though
ot Tr
someone... if Charlot
him. Let h
ers down Tristan's cheek. His
g I couldn't make out through the haze in my head
moved on
the contrast of his cool skin against my fevered body. My mind blurred with cravin
sted-at
kissed me
g down the zipper of my dre
th
s ins
something deeper in me. A dangerous
with him , moaning into
ike that-i
rn
hrough the window
riented. My body ached. My
heat. The s
as outside the car now , facin
rf
for whatever awkward mess
waiting for news. And Trist
mir
to see the loo
o the driver's seat , shoved the car i
I would st
ven Tristan-was
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