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from some of his old flings, especially when he wasn't around. But when we were together they stayed away, the only one who seemed not ready to give up was Mackenzie, and for some reason she burned me up. I hated to even see her; every time I did I got a cramp in my tummy. Maybe it was because she was so beautiful or maybe it was because I had seen her all over him that first day. Whatever it was she got to me, but Talon who seemed to be seriously in tuned to me in such a short time always sensed it and tried to limit my exposure to her. He never engaged her in conversation, and in fact the last couple times he didn't even acknowledge her, where before he would still say hi if she spoke.
    

 I never let on that this bothered me, but he had explained that he wasn't the type to just dog a girl just because, as he put it he had fucked her. He said just because he didn't go back for seconds that didn't mean he had to treat them like less than human. So when they would wiggle their fingers at him in passing or say a coy hello, he would answer but kept it moving. Thank heaven he didn't engage in conversation with any one them, I'm not sure I could handle that. Not after what had happened in my past.
     

 
     
     He had pointed out every girl he had ever slept with to me, no joke; he said he didn't want me getting any surprises and since he knew what Robert and Lainey had done to me, he was very protective when it came to that. I think I was finally coming to believe him about this whole family legend thing as farfetched as it seemed. His mother and sister in law swore it was true; they’d neglected to tell me about the caveman part though, because the man that just left this apartment is not what I would call rational.
     I should’ve suspected from the way he wouldn’t let me sleep in my own bed after only one week of dating that he would be like this. But his actions also made it easier for me to accept the feelings I had for him without fear. After Robert I’d convinced myself that I would never be able to trust again. If someone that I’d borne no real love for had been able to cut me so deeply I couldn’t imagine that I would be able to survive betrayal at the hands of Talon Avery.
     I’d taken a risk and found something I never imagined existed. He looks at me like I’m the most beautiful girl, the only girl in the world. And when he tells me how precious I am I believe him. His love isn’t something that’s said it’s something that’s felt, that’s shown. I feel stronger now than I ever have because of him, because he makes me feel like I’m not alone. For the first time in my life I know what it means to really have someone at my back, someone that would catch me if I fall, that’s if he ever lets me fall.
     

 
     
     Talon Avery in other words has fast become my everything. It amazes me that I have no fear of him leaving me or hurting me the way I once was. He had this way about him that just told me he was being honest with me about that. And I’m not so green that I don’t recognize love when I see it, when I feel it. The only thing I question on occasion is how in the world did I get so lucky? How did I come from betrayal and loss to this overwhelming happiness that seemed like something out of a fairytale? Of course the fact that he’s nuts kind of balances it out.
    So no, I’m no longer afraid of what he makes me feel, the quickness of it. That panic that I felt in the beginning before I was treated to the full Talon Avery treatment. If Stephanie and Kevin his best friend hadn’t assured me in confidence just how unusual, how different he was with me I would probably have given into the fear but now I’m so glad I’d closed my eyes and jumped into the deep end. I can’t imagine life without him in it.
    But now things had come full circle and he was about to get himself in trouble over my past. I hope Robert gets some sense and just turn around and go home. Not because I give a damn