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“Baby, I’m not going to hurt you,” he says softly.

“I need you to break me, Talon. Remind me who I belong to because right now, I don’t know. I miss him and I know I shouldn’t. I want to hate you because you took him from me, but I can remember how happy you made me. I’m not asking you to beat me or anything. Cover the tattoo he put on me and fuck me until I remember who I belong to. It’s all I know and it’s the only way I can see my way out of this feeling.”

“Are you sure?” Jude asks.

“Yes,” I say. “All of you… I want all of you to break me. Do whatever you want. Give me whatever rules you want and punish me when I do badly.”

“She’s asking for structure,” the man in the front says.

“Who are you?” I ask.

“Ned,” Talon says. “He’s a detective. He’s been working your case and helped get us here.”

“Oh… Well, Ned is right,” I say. “I can’t go back to the way things were. Not right now, at least. I’ll go crazy.”

“Okay,” Talon says after a moment. “You refer to us as Sir or Daddy. If you want to do something, you ask permission. You always stay with one of us, no matter what. We pick your clothing, food, and everything in between. As time goes on, we will give freedom back to you… Is that good?”

“Yes,” I say with a smile. Structure makes me feel less panicked, and I welcome the peace.

“Fuck, I’ve missed you,” he says. He grabs my face and kisses me hard. It’s like muscle memory, and I melt into him immediately.

“I wrote to you,” I say as I pull back. “Sergei was reading it I think, but I wrote to you every day almost but stopped a few weeks ago. I want you to read it.”

“Why?” he asks.

“Because it can tell you way more of what I went through than I can,” I say. “I don’t know how long I can keep this up… this… calmness.”

“It’s the calm before the storm, so to speak,” Talon says. “We will get you home, pamper you forcefully. When you are ready, we are finding Grim.”

“And Sam?” I ask.

“Who is that?” Jude asks.

“Fang’s brother. He is the one who grabbed me. He raped me first before passing me around to five other men in that van,” I say.

“Anyone who touched my wife will fucking die,” Talon says with a promise in his tone. “No one will survive me.” I nod and lay my head on his chest.

Chapter Twenty-Six

Delaney

Two Days Later

The trip to thejet was long, but uneventful. Once we got on, Talon had me sit with him and I fell asleep. Talon only woke me up to eat. I suspect that they gave me sleeping medicine because I was completely out of it for the entire trip home.

I woke up a while ago, but Talon is wrapped around me and there is no better place than in his arms. As long as I look at him, I am okay. I hear Jude clear his throat behind me, so I gently roll to face him. “Hey,” he says with a sweet smile.

“Hey,” I say. “I’m sorry I’ve been distant with y’all.”

“Why are you sorry?” he asks.

“Because I’ve been stuck to Talon like glue. I just don’t want you guys to think I’m not happy to be here with y’all, too. Sergei was just the only person I spoke to for six months, so it’s a giant mind fuck to be around so many people.”

“It’s okay,” he smiles. “Talon needs you.”

“It was bad, wasn’t it?” I ask.

“Uh… yeah,” he says. “It was pretty bad. He was suicidal in the beginning, but as long as he just focused on finding you, he managed. He just drank a lot.”

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