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[He hadn't intended on acting like this. He'd brought her here for a specific reason, which hadn't included being a huge ass. Frustration. Anger. The emotions rioting through him were too much. He could hear the veiled frustration within her voice, just waiting to snap.
Coming up behind her, his hands pressed against the counter on either side of her, trapping her in his arms without even touching her. Drawing strength from the familiarity of her scent, the comfort of her very existance soothing the beast inside him as it always did. His forehead dropped to rest on her shoulder, as if the very act would help transfer some of the burden on his back to rest on her.]
Conrad woke up. Something happened to him while he was sleeping.