Her Toxic Desire
"I want to be standing with you! But I can't be with someone who sees me as a project to be secured, or a casualty in waiting! I am a person, Davis. I have a life, I have a career, I have a future that doesn't involve being locked in a cage—even if that cage is made of 'safety'!"
Davis stopped. He looked at me, and for a second, I thought I saw the man I loved peeking through the armor—the man who loved the smell of wood shavings, the man who listened to my endless rants about the Law of Equity, the man who held my hand on the dock. But then the flicker died, swallowed by the gray, rigid intensity of his vigilance.
He leaned the shotgun against the wall. It was a concession, but it didn't fe
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