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MAEVE

"Please! Please, just stop."

I couldn't take anymore. I had been cut all over. The pain was excruciating.

He lowered his bloody knuckles, and I wanted to puke knowing it was my blood.

"Why are you doing this?" I sobbed. "How can you... How can you do this to someone?"

His mouth formed a sarcastic smile. "No hard feelings, love. I'm merely trying to mark you." His claw came to my throat