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The Fever and the Fire

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Chapter 33

The penthouse was utterly silent, save for the ragged, agonized gasps coming from the master bedroom.

Ethan was lying on the floor. He had stripped off his shirt hours ago, his torso slick with cold sweat.

The bed had felt too soft, too suffocating. He needed the hard, grounding reality of the hardwood floor to keep from losing his mind entirely.

The withdrawal was peaking. It was a torment unlike anything he had ever experienced. His muscles seized violently,

cramping so hard he let
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