Chapter 78 — More Than Hunger

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• I’ve never felt this kind of connection with anyone. Like this, I’m completely open to him. There are no secrets, no barriers between us. He sees past the mask I wear to the woman I keep hidden deep inside. One look, one meeting of our eyes, and he knows everything. Even knowing that, I don’t break the connection.
• He studies me as he keeps going, licking at my seam. The presence I felt earlier returns, like a shadow in the back of my mind.