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mmering like a warning. She could feel it-hundreds of eyes waiting beyond that veil of light, but one pair

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er-strapped bodysuit that clung like skin and shimmered under the spotlight. The

her shoulder intentional. But her gaze never reached the shadows where he sat

uld fe

-legs spread wide, elbow on the armrest, fingers on his jaw, a

d her back. The air shifted. Th

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broken sound. "Silen

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behind, barely a touch-but it trave

flinch.* But her b

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en know me,"

h that she could smell danger clinging to his skin

kn

off. "I'm not here

are you he

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