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“Of course It’s one reason I asked Beck, but he said no”

“Beck?” Liam bit out

Raine raised her chin and nodded “Yeah He’s not a stranger and he helpedmyself”

Ha now “You do, but the Dominant who trains you will inevitably claim a piece of your heart Beck can’t do that And you won’t learn any other way It’s how you’re built”

Raine sighed She hadn’t thought of it that way, but he was probably right Who did that leave her?

She frowned as suspicions took shape “I expect a deep rapport would grow in ti with this?”

“Time is the key word” Lia at square one with a stranger It could take weeks, or even months, to establish the sort of trust necessary for your journey, assuood fit at all”

Suspicions dive-bombed her brain now He and Liam had some shit up their sleeves Neither of the without some lesson or expectation attached

“Of course, trust will be critical” Raine wedged enough space between them and her to cross her ar you’re saying is common sense So what’s this other option you have in mind?”

Would Liam take her back? Or did Ha to do with one—or both—of them

Lia deep into her eyes “If you want to learn about opening yourself to so your subrow uide you down your path”

For a long ht? “You two? Together? Is that a joke?”

“Do you see us laughing?” Ha eyes

They’d offered her her wildest, most impossible desire Sadly, it would probably end in someone’s murder And it would be her fault

“It’s fucking insane It’ll never work”