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21. Fear

That night played in her head on a loop, again and again. Those haunting eyes that glowed like flames stared down at her. Ava had shoved that haunting memory to the back of her head and never mulled over it ever again until tonight. It was like she was back in that alley, staring at the mobs holding down an innocent man.

The thunder rumbled.

"Earth to, Ava."

She flinched. Her fear-filled gaze locked with his.

The man in front of her wasn't the Aiden she fell in love with and knew all this time. He wasn't that kind, gentle, caring man. Instead of his place stood the monster who approached her with the very intent to destroy her.

The revelation had knocked the ground off its axis for her. The earth seemed to pause as if it forgot the basic function of rotating around its axis.

Her lungs gave up on her, refusing to take in oxygen. She wasn't physically harmed yet but his words had punched her guts. As if he reached for her soul, fisted it, and wrung it out of her.

A warm trail on h
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