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“I’m almost a thousand years old” His hand moved in slow, circular motions on her back, but his words were as calculatedly harsh as his touch was tender “You’re so young it’s laughable You have neither the strength nor the right to question ated the commitment they’d made to each other Perhaps he didn’t see it as such, but she couldn’t be with a man who expected to maintain that chasm of distance between the aside the hurt she felt, though it was a raw, tender thing Giving up wasn’t an option However, she needed tioing to be ready for the kind of relationship she needed
The idea that the answerblackness in her soul
“I’ve already checked his norered on her face, as if he’d read her very thoughts, but thankfully that was one ability he didn’t possess “He’ll eventually surface In the meantime, my men will continue to watch this house—he’s always had an unhealthy attachment to hishis ame, to attempt to please her with his choice of victims “What will you do with her?”
“That’s up to you You’re the victim”
“No, Dmitri, I’m a survivor”
“Yes” No hesitation “But reco to punish herself for the rest of her very long life Let her be”
“I’ll speak to her” He turned to walk toward the entrance “Are you co?”
“No, I think I’ll stay here” But she didn’t Stepping down to the drive as soon as he disappeared inside, she took a seat on the edge of the fountain The water fell in a soothing cascade of sound behind her, the breeze a caress over her cheek as she tried to understand the irrational depth of her anguish She’d always known D to be huain that voice, from so very deep inside of her As if it ca it, she listened
Always so strong, so protective But never hurtful Not to ination was, Honor thought, she truly was living in a fantasy world D armor and if it scraped her to bloody rawness to admit that, then she had only herself to blame Because D he wasn’t
“Don’t fool yourself about o”
“Where are we going?” she asked when the Ferrari pulled away froel Enclave—Jiana owns a house there” His words were cool, practical, and she wondered if he even understood how he’d da e it for a while However, I think it’s ti he hadn’t told her Another illustration of the fact that while he ht appreciate her skills in certain areas, when it ca her as an equalBut then the idea was laughable, wasn’t it? She’d lived a mere twenty-nine years to his centuries, was ic see or corralling the violent depth of her eel Enclave, an exclusive settleed the Hudson In most cases, the houses were set so far back froh uninhabited land, the trees on either side of the road ancient behemoths that almost blotted out the sky