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She shook her head Nocould coht
“Please,” she whispered “I need to go to the cabin”
“So you can fucking torture yourself? God’s sake, Ria, I knohat you’ll do, baby I’ve been there You’re going to curl in that bed and pretend it didn’t happen That he’s co that bitch cat that showed up tonight” He gripped her shoulders Shook them “I’ll kill him, Ria Do you hear me?”
“Take me back” She stared back at hi, Dane All of it Can you kill me to silence me?”
He stared back at her in shock “You don’t mean that, Ria” He shook his head bitterly “You wouldn’t do that, even in rage”
“I’ve never asked you for anything” Her voice broke “The bribes were your idea I had fun with it Hurting Mercury is off bounds”
Because he was right She needed to curl up in the bed that still held Mercury’s scent She needed to burrow beneath the blankets and oh God Oh God She needed to pretend
She wrapped her arms over her stomach
“Please,” she finally sobbed “Oh God, Dane, please take me back to our cabin Please”
The first tear fell, and she fought it She fought it valiantly She buried her head against the door and shuddered, and another sob tore from her
“Take her to the cabin, Rye” Dane’s voice was tortured “Just for tonight Let her have tonight”
She rocked herself because she couldn’t bear to allow Dane to do it She shook and bit off the sobs Her face burned, her throat hurt froed need to screaun to think of as home, Ria shattered inside
She entered the cabin alone, aware of Rule and Lawe driving in behind the out around the cabin They didn’t speak Dane had stayed in the car when she held a restraining hand out to him
She entered the cabin and felt it She could smell him on the air The scent of their passion that day, the feel of hihs as he pressed her into the wall and called her “ht she could hold back caed holes into her spirit, and as the door closed, she had to force herself through the house To the bedroom
“Mercury” She whispered his na sound as she dropped the cape on the floor and stued herself to his pillow