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It seems rather silly to be studying when I’m not sure Talia will let me go to school anymore. But I’ve been reading and practicing equations all night, waiting for Remy to get home, and it’s a nice way to pass time as my stomach twists and turns.
Talia went downstairs with Tommy earlier, and I haven’t seen them since.
The clock on Remy’s desk reads half past ten by the time he opens the door. He pauses when he sees me on his bed.
He doesn’t say anything as he takes off his leather jacket, rolls his strong shoulders and fusses with his windblown hair. His silence continues as he pulls off his shirt and changes into sleepwear, then crawls next to me, tugging me into him.
When Tommy touches me, my skin hums, but when Remy does, I can feel him in my bones.
The inside of my thigh throbs as he reaches down to touch it with his thumb.
“Hi, little lamb,” he whispers. “Did you have fun with Tommy this morning?”
My stomach flutters at the memory of what Tommy and Remy did to me last night. I missed Remy all day because of it.
Wide-eyed and sleepy, I turn and face him. “Where did you go this morning?” His dark, brooding eyes flash in response.
His chest rises and falls beneath me. “I’m used to sleeping alone.”
I turn my eyes downward. “Oh.”
He sighs. “After you crashed, I came up here. I had to get some studying done, so I went to campus. Finals are in a month, and those assholes in class keep beating me.”
A few excruciating seconds go by, and he doesn’t respond. “Should I go?”
He grips my waist. “Didn’t say that.”
“You kinda did.”
“I said I like to sleep alone, but I never said I wanted you outta my bed.”
My heart races. “Did I do something, Remy?”
His jaw tenses, and he swallows like it hurts. “I was a jerk last night, Didi. I shouldn’t have done that to you.”
I shake my head. “Don’t say that. I wanted you to mark me. I want to be yours Remy. I want to belong to both of you.”
“We were…we were messed up. I was outta my damn head.”
“Remy…” I inch away from him. “Please don’t act like this. Don’t act like anything we did was a mistake.”
His face turns cold as stone. “I don’t see any circumstances where you live through this, Diana. You know that, right? As soon as Talia catches wind I marked you, she will make me kill you. It may not be today, or tomorrow, but she will.”
My hand hits my mouth. “Remy…”
He lets out a deep sigh. “You told her.”
“She questioned us at breakfast—the meal you missed because you were too much of a coward to face her. It’s a tiny mark. She knows you’re in love with me.”
He snarls at that. “You just sealed your own coffin.”
“I’m already dead.” We face each other and his eyes flare. “What does it matter if she makes you kill me? You get your inheritance, you’ll study to be a lawyer, and I’ll be six feet under, or chopped into tiny pieces. At least now I mean something.”
He touches my face and cups my chin. “Never question how much you mean to me, little lamb. I meant everything I said last night. You’re mine.”
I breathe deeply as my body conforms to his. He’s so tense all the time, always so wound up. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Remy smile. “You love me, but your loyalty is with her, isn’t it?”
His pupils flash again. “She’s my sister, Didi. It’s completely different.” He finishes his thoughts with a deep kiss. Showing me I’m different by stroking my tongue. “The way I feel about you is indescribable. You made me love something after years of thinking I wasn’t capable of it. I can’t ignore that.”
