Xhex:

John, she said softty.
He paused and looked over his shoulder toward the bed.

I love you.”

His handsome face tightened in pain, and he rubbed the middle of his chest, as if someone had fisted up his heart and squeezed it dead.

And then he turned away.

As she hit the confines of her prison…

She was screaming at the top of her lungs.

Author: J.R. Ward