Jace’s POVShe’s still trembling against me, her body tense like a live wire, but I can see it—the way her pulse slows just slightly under my fingertips, the way her breath, though still too fast, evens out just a little.She responds to it, Not just the words, not just the tone, the control.I don’t think she even realizes it, but I see it. The way her pupils dilate, how she focuses only on me when I grip her throat and order her to calm the fuck down. Like the chaos in her head is too much, but the second someone takes the choice away. The second someone makes her submit, it’s like a fucking reset button.That’s not normal, Not for someone who’s supposed to be on mood stabilizers and not for someone who’s supposed to be in control of her own mind.Rich leans back, watching, smirking like he’s enjoying the fucking show. “Well, that was interesting,” he mutters. “Gotta say, not the reaction I expected.”Neither did I, not this calm, not this quickly. I step back slightly, but she does
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