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wearing a bespoke charcoal suit, but the jacket was
rehead, making his skin shine in the dark. His
to her knees b
oftly. "Are you... d
s brushed against the burning skin
e contact with his, the
race of human reason. He looked like a starv
le. A rival firm had slipped a massive dose of a military-grad
ouse to ride it out. His sanity wa
the faint scent of rosewater on her
ic growl ripped
gers clamped around Abigai
The pain was sha
Josephus yanked her forward.
air and crashed onto
ion of a second, Josephus's massive, heav
ystem evaporated, replaced
shed wildly beneath him, her hands
s nervous system. All he felt was the agonizing heat in his b
scalding hot against her skin. The heavy scent
brutal urgency. He grabbed
, the expensive silk
g fabric echoed lou
of the sofa hit A
ree hand and slapped him across the
p smack
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red. He looked down at the terrified woman trembling be
through his teeth. His voice
d backward, desp
h away, her knee jerked upward. I
ut the physical frictio
hiss. The brief window
ent comple
ssive hand and slammed them above her h
d her jaw, holding he
is mouth dow
a punishment. It was a de
pensive scotch an
rned for oxygen. The crushing weight o
e lack of air and the lingering
ibcage, burning a trail
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