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He had er that had festered inside hi loyalty Anya felt for her family and friends Del-Rey was a man who believed in retribution He had been such ainto the darkness of his own soul, and realized he had wounded a treasure he hadn’t known he’d held

He had known fro to betray her It was the way of the world He couldn’t fully trust He never gave complete control or complete trust to another person, outside of Brim Just as he had known that retribution would be dealt to the guards’ leaders, as he had always dealt it He had always killed before He’d pulled his punches because of Anya He hadn’t killed, he had only wounded Her father and her cousins would know they had been dealt with fairly They werewomen such as Anya lived within

She was sleeping Finally Del-Rey sat in the chair beside her bed, dressed, his head in his hands as his elbows rested on his knees He had sat down there the minute he could withdraw from her, as soon as the knot that had been swollen in his cock had receded enough for him to pull away from her He had jerked his jeans back to his hips and sat To keep fro to the floor

And he had reged the blanket over her shoulders and cried silently until she went to sleep

She hadn’t sobbed again She hadn’t cursed him or railed at him She had retreated into herself, and he had no idea how to pull her back

He lowered his hands and stared at thee hands The hands of a warrior A killer These hands had held her beneath him His teeth had held her in place His cock had knotted hard and deep inside her

He had never done that In his entire sexual life, he had never done that to a woman Why this woman?

He rose to his feet and fixed his jeans before jerking his T-shirt on He could hear Bri up the steps to the second-floor bedroom Del-Rey opened the door as the other man reached it

Concerned light blue eyes stared back at him

“Vehicles are here,” Brih Watch your back”

He didn’t blame them Hell, someone should shoot him

“Have you contacted Haven?”

“Messages have gone out; no answer,” Bri isn’t right here, Del-Rey You took the girl?”

Del-Rey growled Anya was none of his business

Bried, shifted, and yours as well So on here”