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I wouldn’t be able to controlould happen I would throw her down, rip off uarantee toa different story Run Stop Run Stop
There would be no stopping Not until I’d wrung myself dry inside her
Then, fro ar her, cla body
I blinked, unable to believe what happened Not only had Franco saved my reputation with the outside world, but he also savedher
My entire body wanted to pounce, to drive deep inside I needed to clai run from me
The beast inside howled I wanted what Franco had stolen I wanted the rage and freedo her So close to not caring about the afterreen eyes flashed, ainst hi any part I’d kill hi
His eyebrow rose as I skidded to a halt
Jealousy took three long seconds to hit
But when it did--fuck it crippledher Double fk he was touching her naked!
I stalked forward, clenching ression "Get your ular
"If I let her go, she’ll run Before you kill ive me your shirt" His eyes dropped to my chest All I wanted was blood Rivers of it His Hers I didn’t really fking care
With barely functioning li
My teeth chattered with the urge to destroy the fking bastard How dare he have his hands on e Sheto speak behind Franco’s hand, but he kept her silent
"Donne-la moi! Maintenant" Give her Now, I snarled
He nodded, opening his arms With a shove, he forced Tess to sturabbed her elbow and spun her into my furious embrace With one hand, I wrappeda little easier when it covered parts no other fking male should see
I still wanted to fk her, but I was obsessed with protecting my territory Another e to slaround and claiht back
"Don’t touch led; I srowled "Seriously, now is not the ti push ive a rat’s ass if that made no sense to her Would a trafficker say that? I didn’t know But it was the goddamn truth and my blood infernoed with the need to take her Every part of aze returned to Franco Fuckinto a supple position, ready for a fight "Mercer--think about this" His eyes narrowed
Think about it?
His hands on her nad skin Her body pressed against him Naked
The beast hoith utmost possession He’d touched my property He’d seen what no one else was allowed to see No one! It didn’t matter that he’d been in the rooled on the bed in Rio It didn’tto stopinto this dark pit of hell
"It’s okay, Mercer She’s yours" Franco held up his hands "Seriously, I get it"
My nostrils flared as I struggled for control My fists wanted nothing more than to connect with his jaw
His head tilted; apprehension filled his eyes "Is it going okay? You’re not…u aze and burn him I wished I had spare arms to punch him in the chest and kick him when he fell I was violent Bloodthirsty Oversexed "Do you think I’ive in?" My voice held a deadly undertone
He shrugged No judge Don’t want you to fk yourself up while trying to help her" He s, but you look completely manic"
I’d bottled so much up, I was ready to explode I probably looked like a fking psycho
His eyes fell to Tess squir in my arms Her lithe body rubbed as difficulties?"
A loud laugh exploded froh helped de out
The black clouds broke; I sucked in a ragged breath Insanity gave way to sanity, soothing my feral heartbeat I’d alht up in the charade--I almost became him I’d stepped over that line and would’ve broken Tess if Franco hadn’t caught her
Ti h I’ll snap before it’s over
Franco followed my breakdown "You probably have another hour before that thing wears off Don’t take too long"
Urgency laced my heart I only had to survive another hour, then Tess would be free and I could get as far away from her as possible I could find an outlet for all this blackness inside and spare her froy, I collected Tess in a stronger grip My eyes ed her backward to the door I should thank hi her nad was all the fking thanks he’d get
Tess fought, wrenching herstruck her foot "Let o back in there" Her heels left indents in the grass as I stole her back to her nightmares
"You don’t have a choice And if you ever recall what really happened today, try and reain You were lucky this time Next time--" My voice drifted off as another wave of need crippledbody scra the door, I yelled at Franco, "Don’t worry about what’s going on in here Just do your fking job and keep watch"
Franco sain or intruders?"
I baredin the sunlight while I welcomed Tess back to the dark The soundproofed dark where her screams didn’t matter, her tears wouldn’t be seen, and no one would find out how fking dangerous all of this was
Breathing hard, I sto nad woman in my arms
"I won’t do it I won’t hurt theernails clawing at ain I couldn’t listen to how ed to keep theclue how
This house was too big--too far to drag a wo by the time I marched her into the bathroolued ers fro the area with Tess’s panic and , "You said I could be free I took the initiative"
I dragged ri her She was too da I had to hope my second idea would work better than my first It would also test every inch of noring rowled, "You didn’t ask per?"