MIRABELI honestly had no idea what had just happened to me, or why my body had reacted with such violent, irrational terror. When those three heavily built men walked into the room just as Olivia was helping me sit up, I had to admit, against every survival instinct I possessed, that they all looked striking. For a fleeting second, caught up in the disorienting haze of recovery, I even wondered if I had somehow been dragged into some strange, unfamiliar world.I was quietly admiring the view before me when my gaze suddenly locked onto the lead man. Everything shifted instantly into slow motion. It felt as though every molecule of oxygen in the room had been forcefully vacuumed out, leaving my lungs filled with nothing but the rich, grounding scent of sandalwood and fresh rain. It was a scent I recognized instantly; it had quietly enveloped my unconscious senses for weeks, comforting me when I was floating in the dark. I liked it.But the familiarity quickly curdled into suffocati
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