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She doesn’t say anything as we enter the house I pull her down the hall to the master suite because we both need a shower
Entering the bathroom, I turn on the shower and then step in front of her “Lift your arms,” I order She does as I say and places them above her head I remove the shirt I dressed her in and then shove rab some towels”
Walking over to the linen closet, I grab e need and set them next to the shower, then I quickly undress and join her She stands with her back against the wall, her arms crossed over her chest and head down Her noet hair sticks to her neck and breasts She sniffs as the blood runs down over her body and disappears into the drain I didn’t clean her up after we returned to the house of Lords I ripped her uniform off, burned it, and put her in my bed, where I dressed her in some of my clothes and then waited for her to wake up
“Blake,” I say softly, and she looks up atdown her face
“You killed hi
I ondering when this would hit her When she’d have a second to stop and think about what I did in the alleyway behind the bar At the ti herself Now that we’ve slowed down and the drugs no longer linger, what I did is co back full force “I did”
She sniffs again “You slit his throat” Her shoulders shake, and her eyes go wide as her hands start frantically wiping the blood off her bruised neck and chest “It’s his blood …”
“Shh” I grab her face andher attention off what remains of the man “I had to” She shakes her head, but I steady it withmy body fully into hers, I add, “He put his hands on you And that is unacceptable” I’ll kill any motherfucker who touches my wife It’s just that simple
At the time, I was pissed at her but also relieved we had arrived just in tiht now A second later and I would have found her body in that alley It rier with her The fact that she ran put her life in danger
She lets out a sob, and I pull her fro her to my body, my free hand runs down over her wet hair while she cries into my chest “You’re safe, Blake,” I tell her “I promise”
“I’m sorry,” she cries