Over the last three weeks it had become easier to bend his captive to his will, to make her respond in ways Caleb knew she would. Yet the more her body obeyed, the less her mind seemed to play a part. The less he knew of her thoughts, the more he wanted to get inside her in every way possible. But at every turn he remained locked out, denied, rejected—infuriated. His aggression toward her had escalated, but their dynamic remained the same. It had begun to bother him in ways he could not explain. He should have been satisfied, relieved in fact. Vladek would have no part of her. In her mind, she
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