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“I pro vohatever it will take I will protect you I will keep you and your daughter safe You’ll both want for nothing Do you believe me?”

The tears that had been flooding her eyes spilled down her cheeks

“Thank you Thank you so much”

“You don’t need to thank me You need to realize that you’re not alone anyain”

She threw her aro He was like a lifeline she didn’t want to give up Closing her eyes, she let the tears continue to fall as Drago ran his hand up and down her back

In all of her life, she’d never had anyone that she could rely on Her father had been athe full scope of it now A coo

Even if itto kill him because that was the only way she’d ever be able to sleep at night and know her daughter was safe

“No about I o pulled away He cupped her cheek, running his thumb across her skin “No more tears You’re not alone anymore”

This man

What was she going to do with him?

He’d coive him back She loved him, and that alone terrified her

After he wiped away her tears, he ran his thuer in his eyes was clear to see

“How are you feeling today after last night?” he asked

“Fine”

“You’re not sore?”

“No” That was a lie, but it was a good sore It was the kind of sore she could live with and certainly wanted to feel again

Hearing Belle considering putting her daughter up for adoption really broke Drago’s heart Belle was being pushed to her li rash choices He needed to keep her on the straight and narrow, to e This life had never been for the faint of heart

He’d learned that early on in life

For most people, they were happy to pretend the horrors didn’t exist For others, they wanted the e of people who hated as going on in the underground fighting circuit—a very se