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He still had dreams about that innocent accident, only in his dreams, she’d been naked and he’d been a whole ood part, but he enjoyed the fantasy for as long as it lasted

"Are you sure?" she asked

"Yes, I’ood would it do for h his hair to straighten it Torr gritted his teeth against the feel of her fingers on his skin She’d spent hours touching hi his liot to feel any of that He just got to watch her hands slide over his legs, leaving a shiny path of ood it did hi soht filled his head with the need for violence He wanted to lash out and crush everything in his path Not that what he wanted ht that if one of them were compatible with you, maybe she could help you"

"Heal ry tone

"Yes The thought had crossed my mind"

"That’s not the way it works Why don’t you leave the doctoring to the leeches and stick to your duties in the kitchen"

Grace flinched as if he’d hit her, and until he saw it, he didn’t think he could feel any worse

He’d been wrong He felt like total shit for hurting her feelings like that She was only trying to help

Everyone was only trying to help It wasn’t her fault he was sick of needing it

"I’m sorry," he whispered to her "I didn’t mean that"

She nodded, but didn’t look him in the eye

She poured soether to warm it He couldn’t feel the cold, but she still took the time to see to his comfort

She ay too kind to be anywhere near hi that had latched itself onto his spine and taken away his life If she stuck around, he would only end up hurting her more

"I really wish you’d just leaveto keep his voice cal toward his crotch He saw it, but felt nothing Hisher to move up and take his dick into her slick hands, even as he knehat a useless waste of time it would be He wouldn’t feel that either No matter how turned on his ain know the pleasure of the flesh--the intimate embrace of a woman’s body, the hot slide of skin on skin

"I know you do, but I’ure out how to fix you, you’ll be grateful that your body hasn’t curled in on itself It will still take you soth back, but at least your body will be able to uinar have no idea how to fix ure it out"

"After the kind of life you’ve had--the beatings, watching your mother die a slow death--how can you still have hope?"

"I have hope because of the life I’ve had For fifteen years I prayed every night that someone would save me and my brother from the hell our lives had become And then you came"

"So?"

"So, it’s only been a feeeks since you were paralyzed If I can wait fifteen years for a miracle, then so can you"

Fifteen years? No way "No I can’t Not like this"

Grace shrugged and continued toyou give up"

"It’s not your decision"

She looked up at hilittered in her sad brown eyes "Until you can move, it’s not yours, either"

Chapter 18

Paul saw Zach co rareen eyes were red and sunken froray cast to it Paul hadn’t seen hirown thinner, more desperate

All the Theronai had heard the rumors that he’d possibly found his lady lastfor her ever since With no luck

"Where are they?" deht here I need to see them Make sure they’re notpast hiainst Paul’s hold "You "

He wasn’t, but he didn’t say that Diplomacy was a better, safer course of action here "Andra is about five-ten with short dark hair Nika is about five-seven and has long, white hair They both have blue eyes Does that sound like Lexi?"