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I’m awoken by Beggar screaming, my head pounding. The bed dips as I turn to grab her by the waist, she obviously fights me but I easily pull her to my chest.
"Stay still," I snap.
She listens, whimpering as her body stills.
"Sleep Beauty,” and she does.
It's the first night I sleep with Beggar in my arms. And though I feel her closeness, I know she's safe, there's nothing but a painful ache in my chest at the thought of her going back to that man.
He did this to her, yet she’s prepared to relive his t*****e to protect two girls who would never do the same for her.
She hasn't said it, but her eyes say more.
I know she's going to leave.
I feel it.
She might've been a beggar when she walked into this Clubhouse but now, she's a beggar stealing pieces of me that I'd never knew ex
