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Chapter One

July 23rd

Click, click, click

Like the tempo of my red-sole pumps on the marble floor, my heart races to the sa the palms sweaty Too et sick, but I’ Vance inserted—a constant presence that borders on disco for me behind the heavy library door

I runthe handle, but I stall Impossibly, my heart seems to pump blood double-tier He’s touched me in ways no man ever has, save for one But even the chancellor failed to do what the lion accomplished

Because Sebastian made me crazy in the head over hi an entire month under his rule I won’t be under the protection of the House of Gemini this ti a buffer I’ll be in his house

In his bed

My ass is literally his now, and no a will make the next few minutes easier to face With a hard s, I turn the handle and push the door open I can’t help but hold my breath—as if I expect him to pounce the instant he sees me

But the library is silent and still, the clock reading fifteen past noon, and Sebastian is nowhere in sight I close the door before settling into a leather-bound chair, all the while fighting the urge to squir The detour to the doctor’s exam room is the reason I’m late

But why is Sebastian?

Unsure of what to do next, I wait, s crossed and foot swinging to a soundless beat as I watch the hands on the clock tick by in sadistic glee Ten minutes later, Sebastian still hasn’t appeared Disappointh my chest I don’t knohat I expected from him

Moody anger