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and angle was suffused with it. “Just this time, Amelia. But you better fucking pray you can convince Wayne I’m actually sharing not just your bed but also your body. Because if you don’t, then I promise you…”
    His head lowered until they were nearly nose-to-nose.
    â€œI promise you, if you don’t convince him we’re lovers, then I’ll make damned sure we become lovers. I’ll do whatever the fuck I have to, to ensure he shows himself.”
    Amelia stared up at him with a sudden, horrifying knowledge.
    He would use her, however he had to, to draw Wayne from wherever he was hiding.
    He wasn’t there for her.
    He wasn’t there because he ached for her, or because he needed her. He was there because he wanted vengeance.
    He needed it.
    He ached for it.
    Crowe was hungry to make someone, anyone pay for the lifetime of hell he’d been forced to endure, and if he couldn’t find Wayne and make him pay, then he would make her pay instead.
    A harsh, pain-filled sob tore from her throat. Shock and misery filled her until she swore she couldn’t hold more, only to feel it building inside her further. Tears slipped from her eyes as she stared up at him.
    Oh, God, how she loved him.
    She loved him until the knowledge of what he could do to her, what he was already doing to her, sliced at her soul like a dull knife. The pain caused her stomach to pitch, the coffee she had drank earlier churning in it.
    â€œI can’t…” She couldn’t survive this.
    She couldn’t survive his pain, the agony of his knowledge that a man who had once claimed to be his friend had all but destroyed his and his cousins’ lives.
    She couldn’t survive knowing what she had come from, whose genes she shared and what the monster who had helped create her had actually done.
    She could feel the blood on her own flesh now, the iron bite of it in her mouth, gagging her.
    â€œAmelia.” The rage was gone now. He reached for her again as she tore away from him, unable to bear the agony resonating through her a moment more.
    The thought of him touching her, of him taking her, of staring into his eyes and knowing she was judged by the actions of her father had her heart ready to explode, her mind racing in terror.
    She couldn’t let him do this, to her, or to himself. The world would soon know who had terrorized the Callahan cousins. Everyone would know, and when Crowe had to face her, when his disgust with her could no longer be hidden, it would kill her.
    â€œDon’t you walk away from me again, damn you!”
    His curse forced her to acknowledge the fact that she was moving. Turning, she raced from her bedroom, down the hallway, desperate now to escape the house.
    It was cold outside, the brutal mountain air carrying the certainty of snow, but she didn’t pause, didn’t think of what she was racing into. Only what she was desperate to escape.
    He was so close. She could feel him as she neared the front door.
    Reaching out for it, her fingers within inches of the knob, she was suddenly grabbed, swung around, and forced against the door.
    â€œLet me go!” Amelia screamed as he pulled her against his harder body, one hand burying in the hair at the back of her head and angling her head back until he could stare into her eyes.
    â€œThe hell I will.” Releasing her hair, he gripped both arms and lifted her to the tips of her toes. He glared down at her, fury pulling his lips back from his teeth in a silent snarl. “I want him dead, Amelia. Fucking dead. And you’ll help me draw him out. Whether you want to or not.” He gave her a hard, furious shake. “Do you fucking hear me? You will help me.”
    â€œAnd what makes you think I can help you?” she screamed out, the pain destroying her. Yet somehow she had a feeling she knew exactly how he expected her to help him.
    â€œDestroying our women seems to be his favorite sport. How