Chapter 0195

Nicholas shook his head. “I’m protective of you and Elva. Those instincts have nothing to do with

whether or not I trust you.”

I wanted to believe that, but if it was true, then why did he hesitate?

“I’ve been alone a long time, and I’ve gotten by just fine.” The words emerge from a place of hurt. He cut

me by not trusting me. How did he think I had survived these past three years?

what to keep you

“Is it so wrong for me to safe?” Nicholas’s brow crinkled in confusion. His frown was

heavy set.

“Yes.”

“Why?”

won’t be with me forever, Nick. If I get used to your

to let myself relax, how will I ever go back to how

and self–sustaining so that when this fantasy ends,

in his face shifted into a scrunched up sort of

of his voice made it clear

had given us, and we’d made

someday I would have to wake up from. Nicholas, however, was stuck here, forced to

someone he did not love to fulfill his

his voice then, barely a whisper. “But while you are here, I will protect you.”

need your protection.”

needing it, Piper. I’m giving it to you because

arms. I wasn’t thrilled with his reasoning, but I couldn’t tell him what to

he still

a way that I could convince him and myself

and I was able to look out for myself and for

Ineade

o be

from Him for

and more unsure the longer I went on. By the time I finished, she was

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