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Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

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I tried to move toward her. “Winter.” But I didn’t know

what to say. Instead, I shouted at Kincaid who just stood there

with his hands all over a nearly naked girl. “GGet her some

fucking clothes!” I told him.

Oh, Jesus. He was having me arrested.

But I didn’t care about that as much as I worried that she

wasn’t responding to me. Please don’t leave me.

“Winter, listen to me,” I said. “It’s not what you think.”

“It’s Damon Torrance?” she asked the other men.

“You didn’t know?” her father asked. “You didn’t know

who this was?” And then he glared at me, baring his teeth as

the full measure of what had happened between us sunk in.

“What did you do?”

“Winter, listen to me,” I pleaded.

But she started sobbing and covering her mouth with a

hand. “GGet out!” she screamed, backing up into Kincaid and as

far away from me as she could. “GGet him out! GGet him out!”

Ashby hauled me up, blood dripping from my lip.

“Winter, please.” I begged.

“No more!” she put her hands over her ears, backing up

into the wall. “Just die and leave me alone!”

She raged, and the backs of my eyes burned, but I watched

as she buried herself in Kincaid’s chest, shielding herself from

me like I was going to hurt her.

Like I was a monster.

Just die and leave me alone.

“I hate you!” she growled. “You’re a horror, and you had

to lie, because you knew I’d never want you! No one would

ever love you! GGet out!”

Kincaid pulled her in, putting a blanket around her shaking

body as she cried.

“Don’t let him near me again,” she pleaded. “Please, don’t

let him touch me.”

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