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n: Cracks

ce was su

ightly his arm was wrapped around her. He hadn't said a word since they share

d them thick with everything unsaid. Her body ached, eve

happened? What

sided, but the storm insi

e cool air of the night brushing against her skin as she stared out at the dark expanse of the

supposed to hate him. That was the plan. She was supposed

ye

her mind. Every time she closed her eyes, she could feel the way he held her

va

illness, low and rough, pu

He was sitting up now, his broad shoulders tensed, ey

ce barely audible. "Don't do th

ow, his gaze never w

As if you know what

e raw, but th

room toward her. "I know exactly what this is, Eva," he said qui

stepped closer, the heat of his body m

d crossing her arms. "I don't care what this is. It's nothing but a d

low growl, almost dangerous, as he moved closer, his presence ov

aky. She could feel the cracks in

el. You think I'm just going to fall for you?

is warmth bleeding into her,

ngers grazing her jaw, tilting her chin up so she had

der than anything

en as she said it, she wasn't sure an

cipation running through her. He wasn't trying to seduce her again-not this time.

y, as if reading her mind. His thumb brushed her l

," she said, her voice

she

n she couldn't deny. And more than that, she was afraid of ho

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as she tried to collect herself. "I need

s hand catching her wrist before she could retreat

her. "Let me go, Kael," she demanded, her vo

dness in his eyes that made her heart falter. "You think I want to control you?" he

echoed, confu

only one who's here with a purpos

e stopped fighting. "Wha

er wrist but no longer pulling her towar

pped a beat. "W

und of footsteps echoed through th

lp

is guards standing in the doorwa

his hand releasing Eva as

a breach. In t

nother word, he stormed toward the door, motioning for the guard

k at her for a moment bef

an undercurrent of something else

just vacated, and her chest tightened with

re. All she knew was that she wasn't the same person who had walked into this mansion just da

asn't sure where the lies

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