Chapter 154

The way his family left him. The voice ghosted inside her, startling her.

Suddenly, Danika remembered Baski’s words. “Please, be patient with him, okay? Don’t struggle. Don’t fight him. If any woman can reach him and draw him out of the abyss, it’s you.”

Could this be what Baski was talking about? Was he truly holding her that way because he was afraid that she’d leave him like his family did? Could she truly reach him?

Danika squeezed her eyes shut, and the fight suddenly went out of her. She stopped struggling and melted into his hard body. Her eyes closed, her head tilted in surrender, and she gave herself to him and waited, her heart pounding.

He kept plummeting her body roughly. His hand let go of her hair and grabbed hold of her breast, which he squeezed roughly. Her fear skyrocketed, and the need to struggle threatened to overwhelm her. She forcefully shoved it down and shut her mind to it. Instead, she only arched back into him.

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