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Hua
Hua needed to see Luca, to speak with him, but she couldn’t navigate her way to the forefront of her mind. When he’d wrapped his arms around her body, she hadn’t felt it. When he’d looked into her eyes, there’d been no sign of suspicion, nothing to tell her someone knew of her plight.
Tears of joy gathered in the corners of his eyes every time he looked at her. His men set up camp outside the barn, and Luca hadn’t wanted to leave either her or Jian. He shared his food with the family, his smile pulling Hua almost to the surface of the Nagi’s mind as she fought for every moment.
What if she never broke free? What if this was her life? As a passenger while the Nagi controlled her every move. She hadn’t been able to hug Luca back, but he hadn’t seemed to notice how her arms hung loo
