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When it didn’t she depended on Master Aidan to clear her head Their play provided a place where she could fade away Where she didn’t need to think, and where all she had to do was be in the moment

“Tough situation” His fingers swept over her arm in sloirls “Those kids are lucky to have you”

She shivered as the sweat along her body dried and she s Doms held a level of intuition with submissives that Cora wouldn’t have believed if she were a vanilla girl Where some men could be so blind, Doms were the complete opposite They hat their submissive needed them to be, even if the submissives didn’t know it

Though with Aidan being a defense attorney he sih He’d seen firsthand the evil that existed in the world And he’d dealt with it daily, just as she did

As the stress direedily There, in his ar in her heart, she rubbed herself against his chest,no attention to the noise around and with a tightness in her throat, she added, “For tonight, too Our scene … it couldn’t have been more perfect”

“I’lad you enjoyed it” His eyes war with you”

Her breath became trapped in her throat as iciness struck her to the bones, stealing the wararnered The protection he offered, the coave, and the connection that was so intense would always be an illusion

Aidan ht stir explosive chemistry in a scene, but they weren’t committed And the sad fact was that Cora loved hi into his eyes, she could love this h Aidan had demons and her love was not reciprocated—at least in the way she desired

The demons Aidan harbored Cora had never been able to banish

Noher declared his love No ht No ether, he could never love her the way she needed him to

His heart belonged to another submissive

A submissive who had died

On a deep sigh, she reined in her emotions as the familiar hollowness filled her chest He never needed to tell her where he stood in regard to their relationship I enjoy playing with you said it all A s

In a scene, Aidan gave all of himself to her

Out of a scene, there was a distance Cora could never break