an

the hit to land

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bit confused. He seems unsure what to do as he

s, both

s, a snarl in his dee

ee—in sa

to add, "I was afraid.

seductive, scary, gorgeous, and deadly stranger before me is

asks it bluntly as if it were a

"Oh,

e I said that? That

me, and after that, I understand

time, he pokes his chi

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have to tell m

ars from his azure eyes. I fle

ill I reach the front door of my modest two-

me, I virtually pass out, holding my chest in. Th

d on getting inside securely to pay attention to him. He's wearing a headset around his neck and is hol

became eighteen. He essentially raised me. Therefore, he's the only person I have in the world. In a

ight?" he inquired,

t. I collapse onto the sofa n

e responds. "Bur

sn't genuine

strange since

eting. However, speaking it all out loud seems draining, and I'm already worn out. Ben becomes quite protective of me, so he would want to f

m going to take a len

bly an excellent idea." "Your

thank Ben as I strugg

, you're

freshly laundered garments. Ben is an excellent sibling. It's just been him and me for as long as I can remember. It was too li

helped us out and got us out of there as soon as he was old enough to work. I then started working at the restaurant whe

ay he doesn't, at least not that he does. If he does, he flatly r

Not a

rdians?

murderous. That one

less the goddess. He

gest shower of my life, washing my hair twice and wincing a few times. I'm in the shower whe

y. I hold a few hairs up to my nose and inhale. Of course, the smell of French fr

eneath the covers while my mind races with a hundred other things. I unco

hat I've had a shower, am a little more at ease, and my heart rate

night, I h

ad a burger grease bath wh

n he was attempting to mu

friend in the face

, and had leaves in my hair w

however, I did meet

Meg makes me moan out loud. Then, realising I

ng to do with my being an outsider in his domain. I was his mate and a rogue, which was

server with nothing? It's unlikely that I'll see him ag

y would have experienced

ittle rustle, much less take any notice of it. However, I wake up from my slumber and, after seeing how mu

I s

way from the blinds l

n the moonlight on our l

my smell. Not that it w

is it unde