Chapter 12: GravityI gave up on the book at eleven.I dropped it on the nightstand, reached over and clicked the lamp off. Lay back. Closed my eyes.The house settled into that thick quiet around me.I exhaled. Let my body sink.The bed dipped.My eyes snapped open.I grabbed the lamp and clicked it on so fast I nearly knocked it off the nightstand.Damien was sitting on the edge of my bed.Not standing in the doorway. Not across the room. On my bed. One knee bent, arm resting on it, watching me with those green eyes like he'd been there for a while and had been perfectly comfortable waiting.My heart was going so hard I could feel it in my throat."How." I sat up, pulled the blanket up to my chest like it was armor. "How did you get in here."He looked at me.That slow, unhurried look that took in my face, my hair down, the death grip I had on the blanket, all of it.The corner of his mouth moved."I have my ways, kitten.""Don't call me that." I was already looking past him at the
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