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think. She

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through the massive lobby, silenci

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mob, walking briskly

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the shoe

glass tumbled out, mixing wi

her sheer tights, turning the rain

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her jaw shut. S

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d back onto the free

g into her skin with every step, the rain

en in the gray downpour, a solid

nted so dark they l

dproof back seat, Donovan

lowly rolled a custom silve

woman limping through the rain, his g

cutive assistant, Kevin Rich,

to bring Miss Pena to the

a single finger

voice a deep, gravelly rumble t

ame. He remembered the way she had trembled

allowed, a dark, possessiv

he was broken, but

ing around the silver lighter until his knuckles turned w

onovan ordered, his eyes never leaving Abig

massive predator, staying just far enough behind Abig

ayle finally spotted a ye

yanking the door open

nyl backseat, her wet clothes

gasped out her penthous

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sappear into the rain, a cruel, i

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