d, and Cailin shivered under a guard's oversized jacket as

room, panicked, and accidentally hit the alarm. She never mentioned the man. She repeated i

Cailin's hands, hidden under the table, clenched into tight fists, he

is face instantly shifted from an

of security. His tone was low and left no room for argument. "Let

ith a new, confused apprehension. He waved

he walked for a long time on the empty streets, until her legs gave out. She stopped under a streetlamp, staring at her own trembling hands

his hands, the scent of him that clung to her memory. But no matter how she scrubbed, that feeling of being pinned down, of being violated, seemed to ha

over. She went to her music theory class at the community col

y glided to a stop in front

ed windo

custom-tailored suit, his expression was cold and arrogant. He

ear and sharp, pinned her

heart lurched. He found her. She thought it was

appeared from nowher

ween her and Graham feeling like a mile of cold leather. She pressed her back against

she told herself in her mind: don't lose control. Don't l

nstead, he handed h

by the Pollard family. Her grades at the college. Eve

tally powerless, was worse than what he'd done to her that night. She felt li

at, as if discussing a stock purchase. "Be my woman. Eve

a core of pure, cold fury. Her mind scrambled for a weapon, any lie that would make this man recoil in di

er lips. She leaned forward, cl

inctively, but he didn't

oice low and venomous. "Did you

through bodily fluids. There aren't many symptoms at first, but e

e disgusted, that he'd push her away, that she would win. Her stomach chur

But he didn't flinch. He didn't sho

tly, with the tip of his finger

it made her lie feel pathetic and transp

s. His voice was a bare whisper, meant only fo

ous, obsessive light. "Because I'm sick, too. W

e mean by "only you"? It only felt absurd, and cold. This man was eith