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"Get offhimself up on his elbows "I have hurt you?"

He had, just not in the way he thought She scrambled back, out froive me a second, Malkom" She couldn't even process this The best sex in her entire life, the strongest eypped her Why would he do that? How could he do that?

He'd seeht before he'd come

But then, he didn't trust her And deep down he could even hate her Probably both

All she kneas that he'd defied his demon instinct, denied hinant with his baby

Though he'd vowed never to release her, never to give her up, heher

"Why will you not look at ry about how I ended? Is that wrong to your kind?"

"I just didn't expect you to do that"

"I knoas nigh too good to pull away"

She ht," then added, "Yet somehow you found a way to"

"You are upset about this? I did not know you wanted a child"

Once dressed, she faced him "I didn't I don't!" She brushed her damp hair froht you needed to break the seal and obey your instincts and all that Since I'," he said, sounding as if he'd just uttered the understatement of the century "I am very stunned I could deny the, then yourout ot nant, then I could blaze and you'd never knohere your all-important heir went to"

He frowned at so "An heir to what, Carrow?" he snapped "I left any wealth I had behind, for you!" Clearly reining in his te of how ht "You think I would s you cannot risk I "

"Fro," he said "Ruby has no parents and is dependent on fate - dependent now on oodwill?" She wanted away from him Unfortunately, in this case at least, she wasn't stupid There'd be no flouncing away, not when she had Ruby with her Malko as he'd let the I want my powers back!

"You know 'tis true And I would not have et - Ruby has et that, witch?"

Carrow had heard of loves that could trump all obstacles But then she'd also heard that there were things couples couldn't co to fear that she and Malkos into his pants once again "You are angry withme like some evil bitch who'll abscond with your kid I'm not like that I'm actually not that bad a person" She knew he'd had a tormented life, knew he'd experienced hardships she couldn't even iine Carrow could understand his mistrust But I don't knohat to do about it "Will you ever see past what I was forced to do? Or will you always think I'm a liar?"

"What would you do then, if my seed took?"