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Tobias forced his arms to cooperate and pulled her in against his body and held her, shaking and, fuck, crying with her.

When she lifted her head, she looked deep into his eyes, searching, seeing all of him. “Where did you go?” she whispered.

She didn’t mean physically, no, looking into his eyes she could see the scars on his soul. His female saw him, always.

Tobias clung to her tighter. “I’ve done such terrible things, Scar,” he said brokenly.

She cupped his face and shook her head. “Whatever you did, that wasn’t you. I know you, my love, I know you. I’ve seen right to the heart of you.” She pressed her forehead to his. “That wasn’t you, Tobias,” she said more fiercely, then she pressed her lips to his.

He kissed her back and hoped like fuck she was right.

Because whatever it took, whatever he had to do, he would never lose her again.

CHAPTER 30

The door to her room opened and Luna stumbled back, throwing up her hands, trying to lift her block. But Ronan’s power was too strong, the heavy weight of it clung to her, hindering her own.

Spencer ran to her, putting himself between her and her brother as he walked through the door.

Expression blank, Ronan’s gaze moved over her as Azel strode in behind him.

Luna recoiled, tugging Spencer back. If he got in between Azel and what he wanted, the fallen angel would kill her friend.

“I’ll die before I go anywhere with you,” she said, locking eyes with the male who had used her, manipulated and tortured her for most of her life.

The evil bastard moved up beside Ronan, his hand lifting to the back of her brother’s neck, fingers curling around it in a possessive way. Her brother’s reaction was small, but she didn’t miss the way he stiffened, the slight flinch at Azel’s touch. It made her stomach rebel even harder.

“Now, don’t be like that, Luna. I’ve missed you.”

“You’ve missed my power. You missed the power I gave you, Azel,” she fired at him.

He huffed a low laugh even as his eyes narrowed. “You call me Sir, and I don’t need you, little girl. You are lucky I showed an interest in you and your brother at all.”

Luna laughed as well, humorless and loaded with hatred. “You’re delusional.”

He went still, his gaze moving over her in a way that made her skin crawl. “You’ve changed.”

“You have no idea, asshole.” He’d suspected she was starting to feel something while she was locked in the basement, he’d made that obvious when he’d tried to break her by telling her Ronan had died. Now he would have no doubt.

He hissed. “You dare speak to me like that?”

“I’m sure you’re more powerful than me, a lot more, but not as powerful as you pretend to be. How much did the angels take from you when they threw you from Heaven?”

Azel's eyes flared.

Ronan frowned, looking between Luna and Azel. “Is it true? Are you an angel?”

“No,” Azel said through gritted teeth. “The knights have done something to her mind. She’s confused.”

“You’ve seen the scars, Ronan, just like I have. He had wings once, but they tore them from his back.”

Azel turned red, his face a mask of fury.

There was no escaping what was about to happen, not with her powers hobbled, but she would not cower to this twisted male ever again.

With rage lining his face, Azel threw up a hand, firing his power at her.

Luna braced for the hit—