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He co between the covers

Paige stripped her clothes off and got in beside hi-cold back, wrapping her arainst her

A tear rolled down her cheek and she pressed her face to his shoulder blade “You’re so cold,” she said

“That’s the idea,” he said, his voice stronger now

“Why?”

“A habit, I suppose”

“You take cold showers after sex?”

“No Not so simple I pay penance”

“For what?” she asked, trying to keep the horror from her tone “For sins?”

“For feeling For losing control I’ve used it to train myself” His tone was flat, lifeless

“Why?” she asked, her voice barely a whisper

“Because, carahas a cost Especially deep eht and dark, good and bad The other side of love is hate, and the line between the two is thin”

“I’ve never thought so,” she said “I don’t think love and hate are anywhere near each other”

“And that’s where you’re wrong” He shivered again “Because you haven’t seen it turn But I have I told you about my mother That she died That I re But I also remember how she died How she was killed My father killed her While I watched fro but cover et what it’s like to watch so her in my arms as she faded That’s what happens when you have no control When you are ruled by passion That’s what it can become And that’s why I remind myself that when you lose control, someone pays”

She tightened her hold on hi down her cheeks “Why do you have to pay, Dante?” They were the only words she could voice There were so h They never would be

“So no one else will”

She just held hi, her entire body, down to her soul exhausted But she couldn’t sleep So she held hiht started to invade the room