DOMINIC I stood in the shadowed hallway, my hand resting on the heavy door handle, but I didn't push it open just yet. I had heard the shouting from down the corridor, and I knew exactly who was behind it. I’d wanted to barge in and end whatever this was, but something stopped me. I hesitated and kept my hand on the knob.Through the crack in the door, I watched the scene unfold. I saw the way Vivian’s face twisted with anger, and I saw the young maid trembling against the wall. But mostly, I saw Adeline. Even with her arm in a cast and her hair a mess, she stood there like a shield. When she reached out and grabbed Vivian’s wrist, my heart did a strange, painful somersault.I was impressed. Again.There was a fire in Adeline that never seemed to go out, no matter how much the world tried to douse it. It was that same fire that had drawn me to her in the beginning. It was the reason I had fallen so hard, thinking I’d found a woman who was as strong as she was beautiful.Thinking abo
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