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He walked closer to her. "Look at me."

She forced her eyes away from the floor and she stared at his eyes. Someone can easily get lost in the blue-troubled cold sea that is his eyes.

He allowed the silence to stretch for so long. They stared at each other and for a moment, the world fell away.

There was no pain. No introduction. No slave. There was no impending pain and humiliation.

Just Danika and Lucien alone in the world, staring at each other in the eyes. Suddenly, she remembered everything they talked about on that night in his room. Those questions he answered.

His scars run so deep. His eyes have been cold for so long, he is sure it would never be warm again. His torture session she oversaw.

Her father roasted his privates. The knowledge made her cling inside an