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CHAPTER 17

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ADRIAN'S POV

I have spent days watching her move through my space. Days listening to her breathe in the room next to mine. Days pretending I can keep my hands to myself.

I am failing.

Claim her. Mark her. Make her understand she belongs to us.

Kael has not stopped demanding since the moment she agreed to come back with me. Since the moment I got her safe inside these walls. He wants her with a violence that makes my bones ache.

She is ours. Why do we wait? Why do we let her deny what she feels?

Because forcing her would destroy everything. Because she needs time. Because I promised myself I would be patient.

Patience is weakness. Patience will lose her.

Maybe. But impatience will scare her away forever.

The bank trip nearly broke me. Sitting in that car with her. Smelling her fear. Her grief. Watching her read her father's letters and fall apart. Every instinct screamed to pull over. To hold her. To promise her everything would be okay.

But I kept driving. Kept my hands on the wheel
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