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Master Do my promise to him that you can’t play with anyone else You can refuse hi decision when you’re this upset”

Why wasn’t he listening to her? “I don’t think I can—”

“I know you’re hurting, Cora” Dmitri leaned in closer and stared at her intently “Please trust me that I think this is best”

“I do trust you” She sed hard, wiping away the moisture in her eyes “I feel—”

“Aidan needed to hear what you’ve done for hi warmth “You’ve taken care of him, hmm?”

Yeah, I have

And he let me fall

Dood you are for him, he is a damned fool”

Knowing that did nothing to mend the broken pieces of her heart; she loved that damn fool These past weeks it seemed as if she was in the permanent state of sub drop, where ehts were all jumbled

A wave of exhaustion slid over her and the empty sensation of his dismissal sunk into her Her desire to stand above it all battled within That’s all thatelse seemed to spin around her, completely out of control

“Christ” A low, angry voice snapped her into focus Porter’s arlare was fierce “Now, this I don’t like to see” He turned to Ded a look

Cora couldn’t read it Hell, she couldn’t understand her own feelings, let alone anyone else’s She had one focus: Get over Aidan Hoould that happen if she couldn’t add him to her hard limits? If she couldn’t take the control from him?

Porter stepped in close to Cora “To your knees, sub” At Cora’s hesitation, Porter arched a brow, doaze “That was not a question Do as I’ve told you”

I don’t want to play with you

Even so, she found herself ed long ago Though her heart hammered, her shallow breaths slowed Once her knees pressed firer under her chin His features were cold and stern “Tonight, you will remain at my side Do I make myself perfectly clear, Cora?”