The idea of becoming intimate with Elijah truly terrified her, for some reason. She just had a feeling that he would break her. Worse than Kalen, worse than Mikel. Elijah would shatter her into a million pieces and then grind those shards into the ground with the heel of his boot. While he laughed. “Just a kiss, sweet girl,” he whispered over her mouth. “I won’t be breaking you tonight.”
