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He’d scared her. He’d hurt her severely, and the thought did not sit well with him. She had choked tin terror and the need to escape him. And yet, she didn’t. She gave herself completely to him. Touching him. Urging him on. Caring for him. He closed his eyes and the feeling washed over him. For the first time since his father died, he felt connected to another person. She never let him go. And, fo