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“Move over,” he rasped.

As I did, I started apologizing.

“I’m sorry I just want to sleep. Nothing more.”

“Shut up, Bean,” was all that he said.

He moved in and entered the bed.

“Turn over,” his words came out low, and I tingled with the sensual edge.

I did as told.

And waited.

And waited some more.

When nothing happened, I turned and looked over my shoulder through the dark. He was lying on his back, his arm thrown over his face. He seemed in pain.

“Max?” a surge of panic shot through me.

Maybe I shouldn't have asked. Maybe it was too much for him. Maybe he changed his mind about us. He stayed quiet.

“You can leave if you want,” my heart was beating in my throat.

He turned on his side and brought his lips to my ear.

“Sleep, Bean,” his arm snaked over my waist. “I’m here.”

I didn’t know how it happened, I was wound up so tight, but I was out like a light moments after.

And I slept all night while Max clung to me.

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I was lying in that bed, feeling Skylar’s heat seeping into my cold body, hearing her breathe, reminding me she was alive and safe, thanking every god there was, she sent those messages. My mind tried to go to that dark place, to think about what could have happened if she didn’t decide she’d had enough and wanted to leave. Or after Barone found her in her friend's house. Or that very night, while she hid, not very successfully behind that bush, trying to confirm all that she heard.

But I didn’t let it.

I couldn’t.

If I did, I would rip the house apart. The mere idea of Barone harming her set my blood to boil. Instead, I thought about how she was gentle with everyone. How she feared for the safety of those she loved. How she tried to gently admonish the old lady that turned out to be Barone’s grandmother when she called him a dick.

How much she trusted me.

How much she believed in me.

And how she was with Chace.

When her body bucked, and a whimper fell from her relaxed mouth, I shoved my hand under her body and dragged her the two inches that separated us, to mine. The moment we were flush, she relaxed and purred in her throat.

Damn, she was cute.