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She staggered forward It didn’t matter; if this was the only shelter she could find, then it would have to do She needed to stop, just for a little bit Just long enough to come up with a plan

Until then, she’d have to rely on her senses to warn her if danger approached If Caine caement

FRUSTRATION LICKED THROUGH HIM, SETTING his veins on fire

He shifted the beary that she’d eluded hi He didn’t kno that was possible She was all alonein the woodsin the dead of night She couldn’t get far And she couldn’t avoid hiry now Furious with himself

How had he rievously?

She’d tricked hi she was the one

And he’d believed her

He sla the fact that he’d just torn his wound open and was bleeding again He didn’t need her, he told hiirls Better girls

But before he could find one of those girls, he had to stop this one He had to find her and give her one last kiss, silencing her forever

He stood there, trying to decide which way to go next, trying to tamp down the fury that made him irrational He had to be clear He had to think He didn’t knohat he would do if she got away, didn’t knohat his nextthat he’d alht’s bea out of place So in hi heavily as his eyes searched everywhere, looking for her Hunting her

He stopped as he plucked the s on He recognized it, of course, this particular piece of fabric It was a piece of lace fro

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Chapter 24

INSIDE THE BARN IT WAS EVEN DARKER THAN IT had been outside The doors hadn’t been locked, but the rusted hinges were old and protested loudly when Violet finally pried one of theh rooh before it had creaked shut once more behind her