as dead
om the awkward angle. He was sprawled beside her, one arm thrown carelessl
was deep and slow, a stark contrast to the shallow, tense breaths he to
had destroyed her family, locked her up, and ruined
piercing noise sha
f his suit jacket, buzzing against the leather cushion. The defa
mped into her th
aced by a deep, angry furrow in his brow. His hand clenched into a fist, and a low, dang
r where he was, what he was doing, and he would probably think she had drugged
ng to his eyes. She reached out and placed a hand on his shoulder, a clumsy, panicked gesture meant to hold him down. A
continuous, low vibration. "Shhh, it's okay, just sleep." It was
The furrow in his brow smoothed out. His fist unclenched, and his hand went slack.
reath. Holy crap. It wo
n her nerves. She couldn't let it keep going. Sh
in the dark room
ant. The g
h of protocol. It was asking for trouble. But if she didn't answer, Alvi
her ear. She kept her voice low, mimicking the gr
eep," she
ce on the
cer's brain. The man was a robot, perfectly efficient and utterly unfl
ly never been told that his boss, the chronic insomniac who ran a multin
ce was cautious, l
the name he would recognize. "He's
almost smell the shock c
his voice cracking slightly.
aid firmly. "D
to the far end of the sofa. She looked dow
and she had shut down his right-hand man. The power
as huge, and she was practically crawling over him. But she managed to get to her feet. Sh
She looked at his sleeping face, then a
y person in the world who could give this man peace
lot of w
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