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So far, the right man hadn’t yet shown up, but he would soon Madoc needed to remember that Keep his distance She wasn’t a convenient fuck He had whores for that Nika was to be protected, even fro," he told her The sooner he unloaded her onto someone else, the better "Get in the truck"

"No"

That single word froze Madoc in place "What?"

"You heardanywhere with you Your phone is dead, so you’re not calling anyone to come babysit me, which means you’re stuck with me Deal with it"

"Did you seriously just tellThe pain inside hi, and without an outlet, he’d be cru He couldn’t let Nika see that

"Get in the truck I’ll find a phone and call sorave, okay?"

"No I don’t believe you"

"Get in the da was clear in his tone He stepped forward, intending to crowd her personal space and intimidate her, but she didn’t back down

She tipped her chin up and warned hi to kiss you"

Hell, no That was not going to happen Not even if he lived long enough to watch the sun wink out

If she kissed him, he’d fuck her If he did that, he’d hurt her He wasn’t exactly a gentle man when it came to sex And if he hurt her, then the last, tiny sliver of his soul would shrivel up and die and he’d end up killing the people he was supposed to protect

Nika eased away frorace, and for a ile she’d been only a few o All he saas the woly healthy, and sexy as hell

"Is that what you want, Madoc?" she asked in a quiet voice "Do you wantabout it a lot lately Especially when I go to bed I keep wishing you ithme Sometimes I touch myself and pretend it’s you"

Madoc’s brain sputtered, spinning around the ie that created Nika in bed, naked, with his hands the only thing to cover her Would she shy away from him or arch into his touch? Would she tell hi it out on his own?

Her hands slid over his chest, up around his neck The slide of her fingers over the luceria around his throatfor his luceria to react to her touch, but nothing happened She wasn’t h him, and it was all he could do to keep his hands fisted at his sides and not pull her against him As much as he wanted to press his erection into the softness of her belly, he knehat a mistake that would be

It would only make him want more of what he would never have

Her lips parted and she went up on tiptoe as if to kiss hiut and he lurched away froht herself on the counter and stared up at hi in her blue eyes

"You win," he whispered, unable to find enough air for anything else "I’ll dig up your bones Anything you want, just don’ttouchand turned away, but not before he saw her blinking back tears

He’d fucking hurt her feelings, but at least he hadn’t done worse Yet

Tori Madison heard the footsteps coe where she was kept prisoner She had no idea how long she’d been here In fact, most of the time, it see shecrazy

If it weren’t for the touch of her sister inside her entle presence whispering inside her was the only thing Tori had to live for

And now she had to let that go She had to push Nika away--block her out

The Synestryn lord wanted Nika She’d overheard hirew up They were planning on using Tori to lure Nika here

Part of Tori wanted to let it happen Her life would be so h to touch and see But the rest of her remembered that there was a life outside these caves That life had warood days, Tori could almost remember what the sun felt like

Sunshine had been stolen fro happen to Nika She couldn’t repay her sister like that, so instead, she worked to distance herself Instead of wishing for the touch of Nika inside her entle brush of thoughts over hers She would sing a song she re out all else

Slowly, she’d begun to build up barriers that kept Nika out Tori was lonely and afraid more often than not, but at least her sister was still safe

The footsteps grew louder Tori scurried back into the tightest corner of her prison and tried to curl herself into a ball, but that had beco

The Synestryn lord Zillah rounded the corner,the blood in Tori’s veins ice over