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ar, cornered and with no way out, finally
ning hand away and stormed tow
r stench of his sweat overpowered his expensive cologne. "You ar
. He was clinging to the last shred of
The words slipped from my
e right to call yourself my
This exact face, staring down at me, twisted with the same ugly rage. The phantom echo o
but felt in my marrow-rushed through my veins. But it didn't
just stared back at him with eyes like dead winter, letting him see th
rk that ignite
ult clumsy and vulgar. "If it weren't for the a
n one heartbeat and
ion. It was an in
y loud in the silent ro
d to the side from th
oom f
ven Winter, ever stoic, showed a flicker of surprise in
he'd been burned. He looked at me, his eyes wide with st
ng hand. The pain
e was
space, and lowered my voice to a
th a rage so profound it was almost cal
nderstood the raw, ruinous intent radia
posture once again
the room, my voice ringing with finality. "T
er son humiliated, transformed from a fr
she screamed, her voice cr
ered uselessly by the door, their faces pale and
"Get her! Grab this insane woman!
. On the other, the most lethal operative of the Valeriano family, whose
didn'
erself slightly in front of me. A silent, deadly promise. Th
stared at me. The shame burned in his eyes
he sofa, a forgotten prop in a pla
and felt nothing but contempt. Her threats
l thing, a wire pulled ta
n open again. This time, with a forc
ainst the afternoon light. He carried with h
ow, cold, and l
ee who's going
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