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and such a demeaning title from me meant everything I suspected he'd take from me would happen, and if he didn't hurt me, I wasn't sure how hard I could fight someone so overwhelming and se

ightened expression, his eyes brightened in what had to be deemed as

o fresh in my mind. I felt a numbing sensation wash ov

Was this home? There were no doors. If he planned to keep me captive, wouldn't that be a necessity

nd they won't have a problem maiming you if they must. The phones go through a switchboard and emergency operat

would request a welfare check. My brother would probably be the last to find out. That fucker hardly cared what went on in my life. I was so wrapped around all I had already lost when I felt warm. hands slowly press the back of my neck. I flinched and recoiled, surprised to know he had mo

u mine. Our bond is much complicated than that but I'll be g

wanted nothing more than to argue about belonging to him but I knew that wasn't the way to get to the k

aid, staring upfront

rlier. The mention of mates and the scientifically impossible sights I had seen. It was jarring but

m just tw

e worried he'd take

oung." He shook hi

N

l the car over, and I'll do much worse. I am your

ha, " I fo

. Fam

." Not anymo

ien

raid. He only wanted to be aware of any other subject he could use as leverage to puppet me. For the first time in a long

leave. That'll mak

into a foster care system with my Dad's best friend. The man had used my Dad's desperate attempts to make sure we lived a better life to enslave my brother and me. We had been beaten, starved and as I slowly blossomed into a woman, the fucker had tried other things just before he died of AIDS. Now m

fortes and I never quite understood how trust worked. Now all I was leaving was a too-small apartment, a broken sibling, and a

vival. I couldn't stand to think of Zeus suffering and dying alone in the apartment. That cat h

nape of her neck. "I'll send

to determine if he was playing more

it so easy. When we get inside, you can write down your address and make a list of

it. "My key is at Devi

d. "That's

and there was no doubt he'd take it out of my body. Even so, I couldn't help the instinct that mad

*

headed man said, tossing an ID

He stood before the window, l

ded. "Alpha Jaso

ne's attention and he fixated his atte

this

ole it whi

is mind. The plastic chip felt warm, almost as if it possessed a living pulse. Something he wanted to snuf

be all,

iane. Let me know whe

now I

the door behind him, leavin

Sofiane muttered and tucked the ID in his desk drawer. "No matter what