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It was going so well.
He’d just made me trust him, but then he went and did this, and I didn’t know how we could go on like it didn’t happen after that. He’d changed everything. He’d ruined everything. I didn’t even know who I was anymore. I just wanted to wake up and find out this was all a horrible dream because it was so good to be with him until just then. Couldn’t we just rewind an hour and make it not happen?
Or maybe it was my new Ivan-free life that was all a dream. I should have known better. I couldn’t have nice things. My fate was always going to be pain and destruction. I was cursed.
But I knew it wasn’t a dream. This was real.
And I had no idea how to deal with it.
Then the cramps began. First, in my lower abdomen, and I figured he was rough with me, so it wasn’t surprising I’d feel sore.
But they sharpened, catching a gasp in my throat. Then the ache radiated down my legs, a thunderous, pulsating twist in all the muscles down my thighs and calves.
“Fuck, get up,” I snarled.
The pain snaked around to my back, seizing up my spine. I jerked against his weight, but he didn’t move.
“Get off me!”
I pushed again, but I still couldn’t budge him. Then he groaned. Was he waking up from a fucking nap after what he’d done to me? Eventually, he edged off slowly. The pain suffocated me, assaulting my ribcage and traveling down my arms. I pulled my legs up and rolled to my side into a fetal position, groaning.
Every muscle was on fire.
When my neck stiffened, wrenching my head back, I screamed.
“Fuck, Tess. Are you okay?”
I shouted, not necessarily at him, but in response to the agony. It quickly became directed at him when he asked me such a stupid question, and I remembered it was his fault. “No. I’m dying. What the fuck have you done to me?”
“Shit, Tess. Everything hurts?” He grasped my chin and pulled it toward him. “Look at me.”
I couldn’t open my eyes. I couldn’t open my fists. I could barely open my mouth. I just wanted to curl into the tightest ball possible until the pain went away.
And if that wasn’t going to happen, I wanted to die quickly.
“Open your eyes, Tess.” But he was prying my eyelids up anyway, not waiting for me to respond. “They’re red. Fuck, baby. I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, but it’ll be okay. We’re gonna be okay. I know it hurts, but this isgood news. This is really good fucking news.”
Why was he excited about me being in so much pain?
“I want to die,” I wheezed.
“No, babe. No dying on me now.” He pushed my shoulder until I was lying on my back, redirected my arms out of his way and forced my legs apart.
“No,” I cried. “Get away!” How dare he try to fuck me again when I was in so much pain?
“I know, babe. I know. I have to do this, or you’ll die.”
“Good. Let me die.”
“No, Tess. No fucking way. You’re mine now, and I have to give you some of my power. You’ll never die, okay? We can always be together after this, but you have to let me do this.”
I was too far in my head to know what he was talking about, and I couldn’t fight him anyway. He pried my limbs apart and entered me gently. He started thrusting, fast but gentle. His shadows must have had my hands and legs restrained because his hands were cupping each cheek as he pressed gentle kisses all over my face. “You’ll be okay, Tess. We’ll be okay now. I promise nothing will ever hurt you again.”
The tears streamed from my eyes as he thrust into me. All the muscles in my body were still seizing, and the pain was unbearable, and then a tendril of pressure began circling my clit.
“No,” I sobbed. “I don’t want to come. Just do what you have to do and be done with it.”
He kissed my nose. “We have to come together, Tess. When we come together, the channel will open so we can share power. But we won’t have any left. We’ll both fall into stasis.”
