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He directs his eyes to

my hand “When you feel unsafe, I want you to use it to draw a circle on your hand Most people ork customer service knohat it means”

I can’t help it I laugh

“You’re kidding, right? I’ on my hand I don’t feel unsafe”

Liar You were just hiding out as his house a couple o because you felt unsafe

I shift, subtly wincing at the pain in ht I’ve been ripped open in a way that a person should never be I passed out after a few minutes When I caone

For a full week, he refused to give hting hiet ood I listened Loved on hih I felt he didn’t deserve it And reverted back to a docile, irl

That weekend, he ran me a war into iveness

It wasn’t until the water grew cold that I told hi until he couldn’t breathe It didn’t take long before I was crying with hiain He took off the tracker to ave it back tomy phone and privacy back is what ultimately broke my resolve I’ve never seen Ryan so upset in my life, so I knew he had to be truly sorry for what he did

Mako’s eyes darken into a oes dark when they get angry It’s like the evil shadoelling inside of them comes to the surface

He nods his head slowly, a strand of hair falling across his forehead My fingers twitch with the urge to brush it back Bending over, he picks up the sharpie Then he steps closer tohis body flush with mine With bated breath, I don’t dare look away from his eyes, even as he wraps his arm behind me and slips the sharpie into my back pocket

Heat floods through s evaporate If this is what it feels like with layers of fabric separating us, ould he feel like pressed against me, skin to skin?

I’h my head I love Ryan I don’t even like Mako

The faht, I glance around s, convinced Ryan will somehow see me Just because he took off the tracker onme I know he doesn’t trust me, not after I lied to him about Amelia

I clearly don’t deserve his trust Look at hts of his brother A brother he despises at that