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His laughter filled the roo for all they orth

I hit him with a box of napkins "Shut up I’ve never been in that situation before I panicked"

"What situation? Ato run sonored the questions "Well, if you didn’t want a fight, why did you stalk into the middle of the street with that black ball?" The s dawned on me, and my stomach churned "Oh my God--"

"Don’t say the Lord’s na as he’d probably intended His gaze had turned intense Sorrowful So hiht now I had uy, didn’t I?" I palic was ic," he said "Yours is pure white"

My head spun and s weakened as the full extent of what I’d done dawned on uys killed by soic was soic until I kne (I kept breaking that rule), and I’d killed another person because of it

I stepped back on wobbly knees, reaching behind ers brushed it, but I was already falling, ht

"Whoa, whoa Hey…" The sound of boxes crashing preceded a pair of strong ar before I’d hit the ground

He held ainst his body as he stepped closer to the bed, the effort of holding ed between us I soaked into it, letting it cocoon me

"You had no choice" Emery’s deep voice rumbled inside his chest "They would’ve killed you if you hadn’t reacted That’s what our survival ic does It protects us in the direst situations Usually our subconscious directs it, like it did with you"

I sighed, burrowing a little deeper into his ar me down, and I could feel the uncertainty in his hold I needed hi rowing uncertainty I was rips with the stark reality of what I’d done withinto a wolf" thing I was living in a daydrea back and forth by the th and poelcohtened up and adjusted his hold My head inched up his shoulder until ainst the hollow of his neck

"I just need a moment," Ias you need" He swayed, rocking me "I mean it, Penny You honestly didn’t have a choice," he cooed, his voice soft He squeezed htly "Those three es Innocent people who got in the way of the guild Your conscience is clear Should be clear You were defending yourself"

"I know," I said, and nearly meant it "It’s just a shock, is all All of this is a shock"

"I can iht be easygoing most of the time, and content to follow directions, but you have a deep fire in you, Penny Bristol When it is required of you, that fire rages Don’t be ashamed of it Your father would be happy to know you have some of your mother in you"

The electricity filtered down until it hu my body I lifted my head a little as I slid my palm up his chest and then hookedwith this, but when he suddenly stilled and thehis arms and chest popped, I blinked out ofmy hand away "And thanks Your words help Except the bit about rips with that"

His chuckle was soft and his hands felt strong and reassuring againstover his neck I hesitated within the sphere of his heat, knowing exactly what I’d intended when I’d felt hi, and then it would turn e for him Best not to tease him Then accidentally kill hiot too handsy

"Anyway" I forcedclose, and only then did I notice the slow churn of thethat?"

"We are We are doing that together When we create this focused bubble around us, the ic flirts and plays within it"