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Suddenly the force of the guilt was overwhel I had the sensation of being stuck in a pit with e to devour reed not to manipulate her emotions," warned Antonio

"And I’m not" Victor was utterly unaffected by Antonio’s air of authority, I realised That was probably a lot to do with the fact that he was a fruitcake "You must have noticed by now that my Sam can be temperamental One minute she’s furious, the next minute she’s calm, and then all of a sudden she develops a sense of hu across as reasonable and fair whilethe seed of suspicion was a specialty of his Plus, he knew that falsely accusing s was likely to crack ry with me, not because she doesn’t love ht, Sam, luv?"

God I wanted to smack hi, manipulative twat and not to listen to a word he said Victor knew this But I didn’t do those things, because I knew that theto defend myself the weaker I would be to his power "What is it you want?"

Victor’s s tone remained "I just want you to come home, luv What else would I want?"

"No" The as no et out, especially since a part of

Good girl I could almost feel Jared’s pride

"No?" giggled Victor He took a few steps towarddown on hs instantly clenched and I had to s back a moan

"Don’t be daft, luv Coo

What’s he trying to make you feel now?

He wants me to want him

A second later Victor’s head whipped to face Jared and I felt a hter as the saddle of euess that Jared ht to Victor that he really didn’t like

I spoke quickly, "You’ve co back with you, Victor I’ you to free me from your hold"

Victor snickered "I bet you’re very pleased with yourself, aren’t you; getting picked for the legion tryouts and then getting hired by Antonio as a Commander You just reht you how to use your gift -"

"Taught isn’t the word I’d use," I spat

"- and every single strength you have you owe to me You wouldn’t be where you are now if it weren’t for me"

I smiled "Then you only have yourself to bla me a position then, don’t you?"

His snarl was loud and feral,Nero and Achilles bark