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"I won't force you to do anything you don’t want. I’m not going to touch you. I just want us to get to know each other and talk, Nana. I swear on my life, I’d never hurt you."

William said it while staring at the back of her neck, where the scar from a bite still hadn’t fully healed.

It was brutal—you could tell it had been done savagely. Suddenly, he felt a deep hatred for the man who had hurt her like that.

Now he understood why she was pushing him away.

Nana didn’t say a word. She j