Katie's POV

Chapter 69

Katie's POV

“You should be…” he mumbles against my throat as he kisses the bruises that I’m sure are there.

There is a tenderness in the way he caresses me. It is as if he is trying to scrub away the bad, like he wants to take the hurt away. He is conflicted and fucked up. I can’t even begin to fully describe him.

“I’m not scared of you anymore, and if I was, I wouldn’t show that kind of weakness to you.”

“Being scared doesn’t make you weak…”

His eyes glaze over, hazy with a memory, I’m sure. He had to have had a fucked up childhood to have turned into the beautifully damaged man he is. He never speaks of his mother or father.

“In the eyes of a monster like you, it does.” His lips lick over one of my bruises and trails up to my ear.

The hairs on the back of my neck stand, and I feel a surge of adrenaline go through me. His teeth nibble at my lobe, and I feel myself growing weak against him. My defenses are nothing when it comes to the things he can do with his mouth.

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