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Prologue

The ed colors all seems like a dream now I always think back to that htly differently in le word and action from that day, but I don’t Each kiss and each sentence is muddled in my mind and the replay is always unique, however, I will never forget the way that I felt

“Did you really think I’d let you go, Bianca?” His voice sounded h the material that was tied around ive up?” The tip of his tongue trailed from the inside of my ear and down the side of my neck I shivered in the cool rooht around led in the bed

“Why are you doing this, Mattias?” I said as his lips pressed against hly

“Because you want ently “And because I want to” He leaned down closer toin the sne The first time I’d smelled him I’d instinctively been attracted to hi in the back of the dark car with hiht about his betrayal How could Jakob have done this to me? How could I have not known he was Mattias?

“You need to trust ain, and I tried to avoid breathing in his smell

“You said that last tiain This tiled with shock as the boldshock waves throughso, trying not to betray my fear

“I want to make you mine, Bianca We can e as I felt his fingers in ive so away

“No,” I said softly, and he froze, confir what I already knew “I knoho you are” This tier

“That’s why this will be so very enjoyable, Bianca,” he ain”

Chapter One

One Week Earlier

“Bianca, open up!” I could hear Jakob’s voice through the openMy heart broke at the sound of worry in his tone At one time, I would have believed that the concern was forNow I knew better Now I knew all Jakob cared about was finding out what I knew and scaringhim My body shivered as the cool ocean breeze washed overof the balcony and said a quick prayer before I prepared to jump to the next one It was only a couple of yards away, but I just knew that those couple of yards of space aiting to pull ht I looked down at the drop between the two balconies and sank to the floor in fear, unable to take the leap

“Bianca!” Jakob’s voice was louder as I heard a loud crack co from inside the bathroom Adrenaline kicked in—I forced myself to my feet and over the rail at last “Bianca, stop,” he shouted at me as he poked his head out of the bathroom

“One, two, three You got this” I took a deep breath and ju and I screamed as I landed with a thud on the balcony of the next room