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Chapter 9-P8

"Marley-"

"Get off me," she snapped, her face beet red, but as soon as she let him go, she was helplessly sinking again, struggling to keep her head above the waves when the majority of her wanted to sink beneath them forever. He grabbed her again, and she thrashed. "Gods, don't touch me! They think...Aiden what-what-I don't-"

Her face was in his hands again. His blue eyes bored into her own. "I will handle this."

She gripped his wrist, his angry cursing echoing in her mind. "Your promise."