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He pinned her wrist between their bodies again, and she felt her bra wrap around it Then he groped around for the other Da Hell, no Never!

Not caring if he broke her arm or slipped it froht, and her left hand was free, so she couldn’t see She’d have one chance to score on this Thank God she kept her fingernails sharp

She reached back, airabbed his balls And squeezed runted and tried to back off, but she held tight, edged off the desk, and turned to hi hurt you for that"

Alyssa stood over his crouched for her "I’ll hurt you first"

She jah he wore tennis shoes, she figured she’don one foot Then, just for fun, she twisted his balls

He screairl And she smiled

Suddenly, he reared up and roared, his fist co se for the door He was on her before she could take a step, pulling her by the hair to face hiain The back of her skull hit the desk with an audible crack Pain exploded through her head, and she gasped

That wasn’t enough for Peter He ed her to it An aching band of abused nerves throbbed across her skull, in her terabbed her hand and took her forearm in the other--and jerked She heard a snap and felt pain blast down to her hand, radiate through her wrist She cried out, and he s my balls, bitch Now, lie still and take it like the slut you are"

Roughly, he grabbed her arainst the pain

Psycho He was coet free as he pinned her body to the ground and worked his hips between her thighs, his hard cock bare between theht her office was soundproof and it would do no good, she screaainst her swollen opening "That’s it I like the screamers You’ll scream a lot for me before I’ on the door, and Peter stilled "Fuck!"

Shaking his head, he reared back and tried to stab his way into her body A moment later, the door burst open

Tyler and Luc charged Peter like rabbed him by the hair and the ass of his jeans and threw him across the room Luc ran after him and kicked the frat boy in the ribs, then folloith ferocious punches thathis hair and sla his face into the concrete

She drifted out for a moment until two sets of feet skidded to a stop beside her

"I’ nine-one-one"

Luc sounded concerned And angry She frowned Why? He didn’t really care about her Then again, he wasn’t mean He wouldn’t like to see people hurt

Afraid And cold As much as she hated to admit, Alyssa knew she needed help Someone she knew cared about her

"Tyler," she cried, her voice broken

"I’ainst his warainst the pain when he jostled her wrist, but finally he stilled Ah, warmth

"Para the phone to his ear "Police, too Peter is out cold"

"Tell ," Tyler de coherently between tears "Rape--"

"Ah, daer to her lips "Don’t think about it now It’s over"

"Not again" Her voice tre over her, overpowering her, forcing his way inside her "N-never again"

Identical looks of shock and horror crossed Tyler’s and Luc’s faces as the edges of her consciousness began to turn black The truth dawned on Luc’s tortured face She closed her eyes, hating the fact he now understood her eternal sha area Three long hours, and not a word Over and over in his head, he saw Peter restrain Alyssa’s struggling forer body, the promise of violence on his face For the hundredth ti her so badly and letting her walk out of the bedroory she’d been, how crushed he’d been, he should have followed her until she was safe He hardly needed Tyler’s glare to tell hiotten to her and--

Luc sank into an uncoreen chair and buried his head in his hands God, what had he done? Because of the way he’d behaved, she’d run froht into Peter’s trap

In the anxious din of the ER’s waiting room, the autoures

"Deke" Luc rose and accepted his cousin’s handshake and hug "What are you doing here?"

"After I got your call, I figured I was coht you could use the support Jack insisted on tagging along"

"Thanks for co" Luc stuck his hand out to Jack "Especially at three thirty in the "

Jack shook it "Alyssa is my friend, too"

And probably a former lover Luc couldn’t let that matter now Jack was happilya deep breath, he turned to the third man, Kimber’s older brother Hunter To say the soldier had never been a fan of Luc’s was a gross understatement

"How are you, Hunter?" He stuck out his hand

Hunter Edgington stared pointedly at Luc’s outstretched hand until he dropped it "Fucked up another woman’s life, huh?"

Luc sucked in a breath and closed his eyes Hunter was right and had never been one to pull his punches

Deke slapped Hunter on the back "Come on, buddy Now’s not the time"

Mercifully, Hunter dropped the subject "Who wants coffee?"

Jack was first with an "Amen to that" Deke and Luc both accepted, and Hunter left them to their conversation

"Any news out of the doctors yet?" Jack asked

Luc shook his head

"Tell an to pace