‘You could have stopped me.’ My chest heaved. ‘Why the hell did you let me attack you?’ ‘Because I would have had to restrain you.’ He lit the candle on my nightstand. ‘I did not think that would be the wisest course of action.’ He was right. If his solid arms had come around me, it would have been like being chained. Instead of trying to hold me still, he had lifted me away from him, back into my own space. With a whimper, I tucked myself against the headboard and gave way to the shaking. Warden knelt beside the bed, so his gaze was about level with mine. I stayed exactly where I was.
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I'll literally cry, he's so gentle
