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eir criot to see who they truly were and Rhys is following right along in their footsteps Some of us suffer for our sins He should have to as well,” he said, his eyes so cold it sent a shiver down my spine

As Killian gave limpse into what happened between his father and Rhys’s parents, I couldn’t help but try to figure out why this translated to a vendetta against Rhys

I didn’t understand I’d never even seen Rhys yell at anyone What kinds of secrets could he be hiding? Part of me was afraid to find out Or was it all some obsession in Killian’s mind? The sins of the father shouldn’t pass to his son Rhys hadn’t done any of this He may have benefited from it, but that didn’t seem like a reason to implode his life

There had to be more and I didn’t even knohere to start Killian left the roo ot to put your big girl pants on, if you want to do this Just suck it up I searched for rabbed my phone and checked the new emails He came back into the roolass of white wine

“Where are you going?” he asked, setting the wine glass down on the nightstand

“I was going to go I…I figured ere done,” I said, sta

Killian walked over to o,” he said, pushing the skirt back down over my hips “What’s Rule No 1 and No 4?”

I wrackedto remember the one, the others were just outside rasp

“Leta cube of ice alongtoit on the chair in the corner “And Rule No 4 is no running away from me until you’re dismissed Are you ready to end this?” he asked, his lips ontheir imprint into my neck I shook my head ‘no’ I didn’t know if I’d ever be ready…

The diave way to another feeling, so and hope that he wanted a

“Now letskills aren’t up to snuff,” he said And he showed ht of sensual torture where he made sure I remembered all his rules But I don’t think it worked because I was already teain

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KILLIAN

Me: Did you make it home ok?

I pushed the phone away fro on the edge Why was I checking in on her again? But the ed on my screen I picked it up