Chapter 9 – And Now… What Happens Next?Juliet PierceEverything went black, and the world collapsed inside my head. The memories hit like a tidal wave. I couldn’t stop them. When the door opened, my body reacted on pure instinct—years of training it to brace for pain.Then I heard his voice. The way he said my nickname, soft, calm, safe. My muscles unclenched. My lungs remembered how to breathe.But I couldn’t let my guard down. No matter how much every part of me wanted to melt into him, I couldn’t.He carried me like I weighed nothing. Cleaned my wound in the dark like he’d done it a thousand times. His touch was gentle, reverent, completely at odds with the power that rolled off him in waves.I tried to adjust to the darkness of his office, but all I could feel was him—warm, solid, overwhelming.His thumb brushed my lips, firm and deliberate. Then his hand slid down my throat, slow, claiming every inch of skin it passed until his fingers locked around the back of my neck.There wa
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