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Chapter 151 - Between Hurting and Healing #2

Author: Stephanie Benedict
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Aria

I open the bedroom door, and Damon’s already there. He grabs my hand and helps me to the bed.

"Thank you," I whisper.

He locks the door and walks back to help me under the duvet.

I turn my back to him, out of instinct. Out of habit. It's easier not to look at him, easier to let my thoughts wander off somewhere safer. Somewhere quieter than whatever this is, between us.

The mattress shifts behind me, slow at first, then more. I feel the weight of him dip into the bed, closer than usual. Closer than he ever lets himself come.

And then I feel him. His chest brushes my back, his arm slipping around my waist, pulling me into him with this quiet certainty like he's been meaning to do it for days.

I open my mouth to say something. “Damon…”

But his name barely makes it out, before he’s already pulling me in tighter, pressing my back into him, skin to skin through the thin fabric of my shirt. His warmth wraps around me like he’s trying to build something safe out of himself. His hand res
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