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The growl that cos me back to the present I look down and noticeinto the skin on his storip and look back at his face The hatred and rage I see there frightenserous in this moment I haven’t felt the fear Darren invoked in me in years I becao away I had to in order to protect otten over the past eight years

Pushing the fear aside, I lift one hand and place it on his rough cheek

“He didn’t rape one fro it once a day for months and months I don’t knohy, but he never put it in me”

“He raped you,” Blue says harshly My eyes widen in shock with the vehemence in his tone “He may not have put his dick in you, but he still raped you over and over again, Abby”

“It could have been a lot worse, Blue,” I whisper

His eyes flare, and his hands tighten on h Did you ever go to your parents or the police?”

“No”

“Why the fuck not!”

Not appreciating his tone, I scowl and et up from his lap

He grabs ht there” His features soften when he sees the heat inhis tense body Sucking in a lungful of air and letting it back out slowly, he asks o to your parents or the police?”

Letting his behavior go, I answer “Because I was thirteen, and scared out of ht years old, Blue His parents were rich and influential,class that had both parents working forty hours a week I couldn’t take the chance that he could get off on what he did and come after my sister”

“How long??

?

“Seven months”

The pulse at his te to rein in his tees to