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Оглавление“Arden, it’s okay. It’s me. You’re safe.”
Arden stared at Neil, then as if a fog was lifting, she realized where she was and with whom. And she couldn’t stop the tears. Hot, angry, frustrated tears. She dropped her face into her hands and shook her head.
“They broke me,” she said.
Very gently, Neil pulled her into the circle of his arms. She should pull away, give him an easy out from the mess she’d become, but she couldn’t.
His arms enveloped her like a shield protecting her from everything that might come her way. Though he didn’t crush her, she sensed the strength he possessed and how it seemed as if he was offering every bit of it to her.
“Shh,” he said next to her ear, his breath lifting tendrils of her hair. “No one is going to hurt you.”
His words were a promise. She heard it in the fierceness of his deep voice.
Neil ran his hand gently over her hair, and despite the lingering fear from her flashback, another part of her awakened...
