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CHAPTER NINETYCHRISTINA"If you knew you were spelled," I said carefully, "why didn't you do something about it?"My father was quiet for a moment, looking down at his hands."Two reasons," he said finally. "The first is that the spell, whatever it was, made it nearly impossible to act against it, the awareness of it would come and go, when I was with Titiana I could feel it clearly, like suddenly being able to see the walls of a room you'd been locked in but the moment I was away from her it would close back over me and I'd lose the thread of it." He shook his head slowly. "You can't fight something you can only see half the time.""And the second reason?"He exhaled. "Pierce was pregnant, my child was coming into the world and I couldn't walk away from that, whatever else was happening, whatever had been done to me, there was a baby who hadn't asked for any of it." He looked at me steadily. "I couldn't disappear on my own child.""So we kept seeing each other," he continued. "I
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CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINECHRISTINAMy father was already standing when I pushed the door open.He crossed the room in three steps and I walked straight into him, my face against his shoulder, his arms coming around me without hesitation.We stood like that for a moment."How are you coping?" he asked against my hair."I'm okay," I said. "I really am."He pulled back and looked at me with that thorough, searching expression that made me feel he could see straight through whatever I was pretending.Apparently satisfied with what he found, he nodded once."Good," he said. "That's good."We sat down together, him in the chair closest to the window, me on the small settee facing him.For a moment neither of us said anything.The quiet sat between us differently than it usually did, not uncomfortable exactly, but loaded, like we were both standing at the edge of something and waiting for the other to take the first step."Her name was Titiana," my father said quietly.He stopped and exhaled slow
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CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHTMARCELI pulled the door open before my mother could knock a second time.She was standing in the hallway, her hands folded in front of her, when she saw my face she seemed to brace herself slightly."Marcel," she said. "Good morning, son"I stepped out into the hallway and pulled the door closed behind me."What do you want?"She exhaled slowly. "I want to talk to you. bout everything that's happened between us recently, about where we are.""There's nothing to talk about.""Marcel….""There isn't," I said. "Not right now."She was quiet for a moment. Then, "How is Christina?"I looked at her."When did you start caring about Christina?"Her jaw tightened. "I've always cared about…""No," I said. "You haven't, so please save me the whole story"She looked down at her hands. "I want the chance to right my wrongs, Marcel, that's all I'm asking, for you to let me try, let me show you both that I….""Another chance," I said flatly. "That's what you want.""Yes.""So
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CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVENCHRISTINAI woke up unable to breathe.Not because anything was wrong, but because Marcel had wrapped himself around me so completely in his sleep that I was essentially pinned. His arm was a dead weight across my waist, his chest solid and warm against my back, one of his legs thrown over both of mine like he'd been determined, even unconscious, to keep me exactly where I was.I lay there for a moment just existing in it.Then carefully, slowly, I started to peel myself free.It took longer than it should have cause every time I moved one part of me out from under him, he shifted and tightened somewhere else. By the time I finally managed to create enough space to roll onto my back, I was slightly out of breath.And then last night came flooding back.All of it.The heat of it, the sounds, the way he'd looked at me, the way he'd said my name like it was the only word he knew.I made a strangled noise and kicked the duvet and yanked it back up to my chin, starin
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CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIXCHRISTINAThe shower shut off, and a few moments later Marcel stepped out, towel low on his hips, water still sliding down the hard ridges of his chest. His hair was wet, dark strands sticking to his forehead, he stopped dead when he saw me.I was sitting right on the edge of the bed, completely naked, legs crossed loosely, watching him.“Christina,” he said, voice rough with disapproval. “What the hell are you doing? You’re supposed to be resting, put some clothes on, you might catch a cold”He shook his head and turned toward the closet, muttering something about the doctor’s orders and me being impossible. I watched the muscles in his back flex as he reached for one of my nightgowns.I couldn’t wait anymore.I stood up quietly and moved behind him. My fingertips brushed along the warm, damp skin of his back, tracing the deep lines of muscle that shifted under my touch as he went completely still.“Christina…” His voice was a warning, but it cracked at the end
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CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVECHRISTINA"You need to bathe and eat before you see anyone," Marcel said."You need to bathe too," I told him. "You stink."He looked at me for a second like he was going to argue and then he laughed, this real, unguarded laugh that I hadn't heard in so long it made my chest hurt in the best way."Fine," he said. "Then we'll bathe together."Before I could say a single word he scooped me up off the bed and I let out a surprised sound that was somewhere between a shriek and a laugh as he carried me down the hallway toward our room.The words settled over me like something warm. It was our room and I wasn't stucked with Maxwell.Marcel set me down on the edge of the tub and started running the water, testing the temperature with his hand before adjusting it, doing it carefully the way he did most things when it came to me.When he turned back, he helped me take off my clothes slowly, like he had all the time in the world, like there was nothing else he needed to be d
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