Chapter 82

This felt utterly foreign to Declan, as if control had slipped from his grasp. He stared unblinking at Clara and thought, for a fleeting moment, that if she admitted it, he might as well crush her.

Instead, she lowered her gaze and replied quietly, "Weren't you using me too?"

It was mutual. Each had gained from the other.

He seized her jaw, forcing her eyes upward. "I'll ask you one more time. Thi