h Gilles
didn't
own the empty mountain road, engine screaming, pinning
d past the t
rabbed the handle above the door as we too
hest heaving. "Were you out there hunting for a new male
. "Yes! I'm sick of freezing in that barren annex! I'm sick of being treated like diseased m
ut I wanted to hurt him. Mo
opped over
d and shuddered. The SUV skidded across the asphalt a
rew me back. I sat there gasping, the vent
wheel. Head down. Shoulders rigid. A low growl vib
out the silver pocket watch. I needed to
the silver casing. "I wasn't looking for anyone. I was... holding onto Casimiro's m
e that had kept the Holland elders from thr
I expected him to te
the chain snapped and cut my index finger. But he didn't throw it. He didn't smash it. H
es lifted to min
"You're upset because you need something from
art s
k." I lunged
ne forearm. He held the watch up between two fin
arrying his silver heirloom throug
ty! It has nothin
ory falls under my jurisdi
slowly, deliberately, he tucked it
. Until you tel
ber's life. The only collateral I ha
slid down my cheek. "Y
ind, Everleigh? When you look at me, you don't see an Enforcer. You see Casimiro's shadow. You'
ped it away, rough. "I am no one's substitut
the first time, the fear vanished. B
y voice was deadly quiet. "Y
ooking straight int
but an arrogant, cold-blooded tyrant
hat freezing annex for the rest of my life than ever see yo
pupils c
rk crimson that flooded the whites of his eyes. T
ll. He didn'
oat moved once, swallowing
said. Flat.
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