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I groan against her lips, my hands finding her waist, dragging her tight against me. She presses in like she wants to crawl inside me, like claiming me once wasn’t enough—like she needs tofeelit.

I allow her to flip our positions and my back hits the door, knowing she needs the control. Her fingers fist in my shirt, and when she tugs it up and over my head, I don’t even try to stop her.

She wants this.

She wantsme.

And it undoes me. Completely. My very essence melts into something unrecognizable, something that simply becomes hers, molding into whatever she needs.

Her hands drag down my chest, nails scratching lightly over my skin. She’s not holding back.

She’sall in.

And fuck, I’m gone.

I slide my hands under her shirt, pushing it up, up, until it’s bunched at her ribs. Her skin is burning, silky and soft and mine. She arches into my touch, breathless, hungry, completely unhinged.

We’re not thinking. We’re not careful. Not about where we are. Not about who could walk in. We don’tcare.

All that matters is the friction. The heat. Theneed.

My fingers find the waistband of her leggings, start tugging them lower—And that’s when it happens. A sharp, ear-piercing scream rends through the air.

Jenna.

The moment shatters. Parker stiffens. My head snaps toward the hallway.

Another scream—raw, primal. Pure fucking terror.

My blood runs cold. Something’s wrong.Verywrong.

I grab Parker’s wrist, shoving her behind me without thinking. My shirt’s on the floor—I yank it over my head as I move.

Footsteps. Fast. Panicked.

I brace.

Then—

Jenna.

She comes barreling into view, pale and wide-eyed, her entire body shaking like she’s about to collapse. She skids to a stop, locks eyes with me, and gasps—choked, breathless.

“H-He’s dead.”

My stomach drops.

“What? Who?”

She swallows hard, eyes filling with horror.

“D-Donovan… he’s dead.”

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The second Jenna chokes out,“Donovan’s dead,” the air changes.

Everything inside me locks up. My heart stutters. My lungs forget how to breathe.

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