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His jaw bunched, but he didn’t look away Nor did he deny it

Grace slid her fingers down to the next button It popped free and she opened her shirt enough that he could see the edge of her bra It wasn’t fancy or lacy, but Torr didn’t seem to mind He seemed more interested in what it covered

She stepped closer and leaned forward Her breasts weren’t huge, but they were big enough that she was used to ht noatching Torr’s pupils widen and his cheeks darken with desire

He was getting into this, and heaven help her, so was Grace She felt a sh her, but even more than that, a sense of victory She could see it in his face She’d won

"One bite and the rest of the shirt corowled Torr "You can’t do this to me"

"I can and I ana and put it to his lips "Open wide"

He gave her one angry glare before his eyes were drawn back to the vee of her shirt Then he opened his mouth and ate the food she’d offered

Good to her word, Grace freed the rest of the buttons and slid the fabric froht it would make her feel dirty, or like some kind of whore, but instead, all she felt was relief She’d gotten him to eat and that hat really mattered

Torr watched her er and lust, and soer she’d never seen before

He nodded to the tray of food and then his eyes fixed on hers "More, Grace I want more"

Grace was down to her bra and panties when Torr finally came to his senses It wasn’t easy, either, because she was built like his favorite wet dream Her breasts were full and round, as were her hips, yet she still had a s enough to feel her skin All her soft curves reminded hio, before s weren’t th to wrap around his hips and hold on tight while he thrust inside her

Not that he was ever going to be that lucky She was al in front of him, and his dick couldn’t be bothered to even notice, o, but his useless body just sat there, ret hit him hard, and he wanted so much to let this fantasy play on--to let her finish what she’d started and make him feel like even a fraction of the man he’d once been

But he couldn’t do this to her She was too sweet and kind She didn’t deserve to be turned into his whore

And that was exactly what he was doing to her He was forcing her to strip, paying her in er bites of food All because she didn’t want hih," he told her as she reached behind herself to unfasten her bra "Stop"

Grace stilled in that aard position "I won’t go back on my word, Torr"

"I knoant you to stop"

A pretty blush slid over her skin, rising onto her cheeks She tried to cover herself with her arms, as if she was suddenly ashamed of her beauty "Why?"

"I can’t let you do this out of some sense of duty," he told her "It’s not fair to you"

"Duty?"

"You feel like you owe me You don’t Please, put your clothes back on I’ll eat"

Torr had never seen anyone dress as fast as she did If he’d had any question about whether or not she was doing this because she wanted to, he kne she wasn’t Not that he was surprised Why the hell would anyone want to get naked with a cripple like hiive her whatever she needed One who could keep her safe from the Synestryn anted her blood

She sat down between hi and she wouldn’ther like that

"What would you like next?" she asked in a wavering voice

"Ice cream," he told her He knew she didn’t have any on that tray and he wanted to give her an excuse to leave He guessed she wouldn’t come back, either She’d send soain

It was probably best that way If she did co but how beautiful she was standing in front of him, nearly naked He’d think about it, and she’d see hiain All that was left for them ardness and he didn’t want that for her

One way or another, he wasn’t going to live er Eventually, Joseph would see there was no hope and give him his death The less attached to Torr Grace hen he died, the better it would be for her

"Okay," she said "I’ll, uh, be right back"

"I’ll be here," said Torr, knowing she had no intention of coain

Thefor Lexi when she pulled up to the tiny house Had Drake not been with her on the phone, giving her turn-by-turn directions, she never would have known anyone lived this far off the beaten path

The house was run-down, tiny, htly lit Beside it was a black van, and on the ce into the house stood a tall, lean hts hit his face, she got a good look at hieous--the kind ofHis pale eyes seehts hit them His mink brown hair ept back fro black leather trench coat waved slowly in the summer breeze He started toward the truck before she’d finished parking, and his raceful

Lexi killed the engine just as he opened Zach’s door "I’ainst Zach’s head and another against his bare chest The large tree tattoo covering Zach from his left shoulder to somewhere well below his waistband seemed to sway as he breathed The branches were bare from what Lexi could tell, and her mother’s journal had warned her to be wary of erous predators--killers walking around in huot out of the truck to help As heavy as Zach was, Ronan was going to need her help now that he was totally out of it

Ronan shifted Zach’s body to the edge of the seat

"Drake said the Synestryn that injured hiht?"

"Yeah"

"Do you kno many hit him?"