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“They’re not going to get away with this. I’m not going to let them.”

Every word rang with determination, leaving Elena with no doubt that Matt fully intended to do what he promised.

Them. It didn’t matter if it was only one person.

This damn town. She should have gotten out when she’d had the chance, should have left it behind her and never looked back.

Matt gently turned her around to face him. “Don’t let them do this to you. You’re going to make it through this.”

It was the tenderness in his voice more than the words themselves that called to Elena, making her raise her head to meet his eyes.

The kindness she saw there, the concern, nearly broke her. She couldn’t even remember the last time anyone had looked at her like that, when anyone had so genuinely cared about her feelings.

Then the look in Matt’s eyes changed, became more heated, more intense. And out of nowhere, Elena felt her body respond. The emotions that had been churning within her ebbed away, replaced by an incredible sense of warmth that flowed outward to fill every part of her.

This wasn’t nostalgia. This wasn’t a remembered emotion. It was real, and it was more powerful than anything she remembered…