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It got to the point where , and I folded themy teeth, I put on an oversize T-shirt and a pair of panties before slipping under the covers and extinguishing the bedside table light I was facing the lonein the room, the curtains closed except for one slivered part of where the two pieces of fabric didn’t quite meet

The one parking lot light was directly in front ofinto the roo a slice of the otherwise thick, dark interior

Although I had no fah, I felt er on it and kneasn’t just because one It was tied to a certain man who claimed to be a wolf shifter that had this ache—both pleasurable and uncoh me

I actually founda pals I felt were over the fact that I had always been alone even if I was surrounded by people I wondered if I’d fill that gaping hole inand accepted what life was now offering me

Frustrated withht aboveit look even darker Despite h sound of his voice popped into my head

I started thinking about who he really was, how his life had been, and what it allto wrap s that had thrust the ith s aren’t possible in the world I live in

It was the thought of Cian, the i, h the phone, and the fantasy of hi h my mind

And I let s him as I closed my eyes and fell asleep

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Cian

The motel was small, situated with thick cornfields behind it and a stretch of deserted road in front of the building A sht hanging from thein vibrant neon red that intero out permanently