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“Never Ever!” she vowed “I want to be with the, I want to be the right woman for them”

“Perfect Now tell me why you’ve come here,” Seth barked

“To be whole To be worthy” That ure out how to communicate

Ouch

“Yes Everything Ha now is to teach you what you need to know Communication is a part of that, princess,” Beck pointed out

“A very ireed

“Amen, brother”

“I know,” she said softly

“Make nofor you is difficult You’re the first woman they’ve attempted to share in any way in the decade since Juliet died Hell, I think you’re the only reason they’re really talking now So when your demons come to haunt you, and you fear they can’t possibly love you…” Seth growled “You better re theh”

“Exactly,” Beck chimed in “Their animosity isn’t just because of you They shared a wo aside to help you If that’s not love, what the hell is?”

With her head a tangle, Raine allowed Beck and Seth to usher her upstairs No idea why they were leading her this way But unlike the infor off them didn’t exactly invite conversation

Making their way down the long hall, Beck softly squeezed her elbow as he stopped in front of a closed door

“This isn’t my room,” she pointed out

Seth sent her an alance “We know”

Okay… They had to be bringing her here to begin the work now Raine glanced at the portal What awaited her on the other side wasn’t just ied in a deep breath

Liam and Hammer had persuaded her to accept them as her Doms, and she understood nohat that had cost them Whether they meant to or not, they would teach her their expectations and wishes She would learn—and ht woman for them If she succeeded, maybe she could have her castle-in-the-sky fantasy And if not…she’d still be in a better place

Seth opened the door, and with a jerk of his head, he silently instructed her to enter As she did, a handful of candles illu, she squinted to adjust to the scant light

There was no trace of luxurious furnishings, like inside the master suite, not even a lamp or chair, just two stark items: a mattress covered in a simple white sheet and a dark wooden St Andrew’s Cross in the corner shaped in a giant X with several eye bolts attached to the sides at both top and bottom Absently, she noticed a carved wooden box that nearly blended in with the carpet next to the cross It looked benign enough, but knowing the two Do