Hidden Destiny: Exclusive Excerpt 2

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Here’s an exclusive excerpt from HIDDEN DESTINY in case you haven’t had a chance to read it yet. *wink*

He blinked then stalked toward her. He gripped her chin, and she froze, her body ceding to him even though her mind wasn’t quite there.

“What have they been saying to you, my Lexi?”

“I’m not your Lexi,” she whispered, broken. She blinked, her body going oddly numb at the words she’d spoken, the hollowness within her opening like an aching chasm of nothingness.

He traced her cheek with his other hand, keeping a firm grip on her chin. “You could be. You fucking could be.”

“No, no I can’t.”

“Lexi,” he rasped out, “let me help, baby. Please, let me help.”

She tried to pull away, but he held her place. Despite herself, she liked it. The warmth of his touch on her skin radiated through her, filling the chasm for only a moment before the pain of remembering why they couldn’t be one slammed into full force.

“There’s nothing you can do. You can’t change the minds of others. None of you can. We’re dealing with what we have to, North. Just let it go. If they hurt my baby again, though, I won’t be responsible for my actions.”

He sucked in a breath. “I won’t hold you back if they come at Parker, Lexi. You have to tell me what’s happening. I’ll take care of it, baby. Let me help.”

“You can’t help.”

“You know as well as I do that we have that connection. You know we’re potential mates.”

She sucked in a breath as well at his words.

Fuck, he’d said it.

He wasn’t supposed to say it.

Her chest shook as she choked back a sob. She felt the tears she’d held back so long slide down her cheeks.