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"Of course" She fluffed her hair "You’re a beast, are you not? Beautiful but deadly"

"I alinting with red, he toppled the dresser The drawers split down theout At the bed, he yanked the iron headboard until a bar caht on this fit? Certainly not her aded

The fact that she’d called hi hi in silence, picking her garments off the floor

Once upon a ti She would use this heartbreak as an opportunity to patch herself up into a new and better person

When she had everything she needed, she called, "Galen!"

Baden stopped his tantrulared at her "He won’t dare take you froive hiht you, I’ll run every time your back is turned I’ll provoke this beastly side of you at every opportunity, and--"

"Enough" He was panting, his hands fisted "You want to go? Very well We’ll let you go"

We, he’d said

Relief battled with sorrow Don’t want to lose another loved one But she didn’t love him She couldn’t "Whenhim to me, wherever I am"

Silence stretched between them He nodded stiffly

Galen soared into the roo his features "You rang, doodlepop?" He saw the naked Baden and covered his eyes "Seriously, dude? Coe fest, I’d have visited s , she slung the bag over her shoulder and hooked leashes to the collars "I’o where?" Galen asked, confused

Baden turned away, the muscles in his back knotted "Take her soritted, "So," she corrected "And you won’t tell Baden where I am You won’t ever tell him, even upon threat of death" There would be no sequel She would make sure of it

A sob brewed in the back of her throat

Tears? For him? No!