NovelEnglishChapter One Hundred and Fifty Six
| could feel Thane’s gaze burning against my skin. Then, he placed a gentle kiss on the bruise at the upper part
of my back. We were both in bed together. Moments like these | would forever treasure.
Stlate into the night, he edged back to the end of the bed, as if afraid he would hurtif he ctoo
close. I also didn’t miss how tense he was; | doubt he let himself get a glimpse of sleep all through the night. |
had wanted to say something to him, but nothing | said would make him less cautious when around me.
| worried for him; perhaps if | were stronger, if | could fight him off, he wouldn't have to be so worried about
hurting me.
“How was your night?” Thane asks, and it hitthat he didn’t realize that | knew he hadn't been sleeping. | was
finally getting to know him better, better than he thought I did, and that was... something.
“It was refreshing because | had you by my side, but it would have been more refreshing if your were closer to
dainty smile, “If you'd actually slept.”
He smiled, amused. Damn, it felt like forever since | saw him smile, and it warmed my heart.” You are getting
better at reading me,” he said, but the smile disappeared from his face too soon. Did he see the fact that | was
getting better at reading him a bad thing?
Thane walked into the dressing room while | took a seat on the couch. | also didn’t miss the fact that he had
‘touched’since his return. Thane loved the foreplays; he could hardly keep his hands to himself when we
were in bed, but tonight, except for the light kiss on the little bruise on my back, there had been nothing more.
That was intentional; | was sure of it.
“Riley” Thane called, exiting the dress room; he was all dressed up; | could never get tired of staring at him, and
those eyes... damn, they could bring any girl to her knees. How could he look so sexy despite the fact that he
got no sleep? | knew | would look like a mess if I did.
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“Uhmm?” | answered, distracted, but again, who wouldn't be?
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“I want you to have this,” he says, passinga gun. Now he had my full attention.
“What?”
“It is a gun, and you know what it is used for.”
“I know that, but why are you givingthis?” | asked, even if | already knew why.
“Because | think you need it.”
“I don’t need this,” | say, refusing to accept it.
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on’t be stubborn, Riley; this is for your own good.”
“And | said | don’t want it.”
His hands dropped to his side. “I am worried abdit you, and you know that, by taking this, you make this easier
for me, for the both of us.”
“You can’t expectto...”
“Yes, | expect you to do just that.”
“I would never use it on you, monster or not, | would never shoot you.”
“What if I killed you?”
“Even then, | wouldn't.”
“Then you don’t have to kill me,” he said, his eyes pleading withto understand. | knew he wouldn't let this
go.
“What if | lose aim and put a bullet in your heart instead? How would | live through that?
“| won't blyou; you should know
that. Axel toldyou are quite good
at aiming, this is no different from the
bow and arrow; all you(Deed fo 48s
aim pul Yigger, and fire,” he
explains. “I would make sure the gun
is always loaded, but you would have
to ensure that you take this every
fucking place you go because you
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“I can’t...I can’t...” | cried out.
“Riley, | would never want to put you in this situation, but this way, you would be safer.”
“Does that contain ‘silver’ bullets?” |
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asked, and his silence gaveaR
answer, albeit one) Nido fe]
alfeidy Rho it would contain silver
bullets, yet | hoped it didn't. “I can't kill
you, Thane; please don't make me.”
“You won't; | trust you,” he says assuringly.
“I don’t want to fail you.”
“| would never blyou; just take it,
Riley,” he pleaded, and | oe then
weapon wih shaky hands hat was
all Wold do. | would take the
damned gun; | would carry it along
everywhere | go - just as he wantedto, but | would never shoot at him, but he didn’t have to know
that.“Thank you,” he says, and | could see the relief in his eyes.
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