Chapter 39: The monster makes mistakes.
Talia felt herself pale as Laurent explained his forcing himself on her as though they had made love. She wanted desperately to have this just be another nightmare that she could wake from. She looked at Tanner, hoping that she wouldn’t see revulsion in his eyes at the revelation. “I was going to tell you everything, I swear. I just wasn’t ready.” Talia wanted him to know she hadn’t planned on keeping it a secret from him. She just hadn’t figured out how to tell him about the taking of her body without consent by the man who had left his mark on her mind and her body. She had yet to come to terms with what happened herself, how could she tell someone who had her heart about it? Just thinking about what had happened to her made her ski
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