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(Emma) I didn’t know how to feel. I was numb, but the ache inside me was growing, expanding, reaching into every part of me. The kiss Darius had forced on me stayed in my mind, but it wasn’t the kiss that hurt. It was what it meant. The control. He thought he could just change everything with that one kiss. As if I’d forget the way he treated me. As if I’d just fall into his arms and everything would be okay again. But I wasn’t some fool who could be played with. He didn’t know me at all if he thought I’d forget everything. I had always felt like I was barely holding on. But after that, it was different. The bond between us... it wasn’t something I wanted to be a part of anymore. It didn’t feel like something real, something that could help me. It just felt like a chain. I couldn’t ju