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I don’t knohat to say, so I just watch the waves pounding against the shore My chest feels as though it’s being squeezed in a vise "Did Julian save you from evil?" I ask after a while, when I’m certain that I can keep my voice reasonably steady

She turns her head to look at me "Yes," she says quietly "He did And he destroyed the evil for un and let hter You see, Nora, he took a used-up, broken street whore and gave her her life back"

I hold Beth’s gaze, feeling like I’ with nausea She’s right: I didn’t know the realI can comore than a fucked-up roulette," she says softly, "where the wheel keeps spinning and the wrong nu up You can cry about it all you want, but the truth of the ets"

I s to get rid of the knot in my throat "That’s not true," I say, and my voice sounds a bit hoarse "It’s not always like this There is a whole other world out there--the world where normal people live, where nobody tries to hurt you--"

"No," Beth says harshly "You’re drea That world is about as real as a Disney fairy tale You ht have lived like a princess, but most people don’t Normal people suffer They hurt, they die, and they lose their loved ones And they hurt each other They tear at each other like the savage predators they are There is no light without darkness, Nora; the night ultimately catches up with us all"

"No" I don’t believe it I don’t want to believe it This island, Beth, Julian--it’s all an anos always are "No, that’s not--"

"It’s true," Beth says "You ht not realize it yet, but it’s true You need Julian just as much as he needs you He can protect you, Nora He can keep you safe"

She seems utterly convinced of that fact

"Goodover ht fro a dress shirt instead of his usual h , I lifthiht pressingthe custos of desire My nipples harden, and my core turns into a pool of liquid need,at his proximity

"I missed you," he breathes ina moan as his talented mouth moves down my neck and nibbles at a tender spot near my collarbone "I love it when you’re like this," he entle kisses on my upper chest and shoulders, "all warm, soft and sleepyand ht nipple and sucks on it strongly, applying just the right amount of pressure His hand slips under the blanket and between ins to strokecircles arounddown onand peaking, as though on his co to play with irl"

WhenI watch hiht He’s beyond gorgeous, and I want hi his broad shoulders and washboard sto up, I reach for the zipper of his dress pants,with iainst his engorged cock As soon as I succeed in freeing it, I wraphihis hips at ers slide throughin the unbrushed strands, and I slowly suck hith as I can

"Oh fuck" His raspy htly, reveling in the heavy feel of theets even harder, and I know he’s on the verge of co a step back

He’s breathing heavily, his eyes glittering like blue diaet rid of his re hands wrap aroundthem above hs, his thick shaft nudging against my vulnerable entrance I stare up at hinificent and savage, with his dark hair disheveled and his beautiful face drawn tight with lust He’s not going to be particularly gentle today--I can already see that

And I’ so deep insidehis way He fucks me brutally, without mercy, but my screa out of control one more time before he finally comes