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have felt

something far

ite

id into the seat next to me. The distance between us felt t

ace and, for a brief mom

amian

e right,

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witched. "

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ve me no choi

rce anybody to do anything. You had

my apartment, wondering if I had j

should ask yourselves, well, why did

at was the real ques

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like he knew something I didn't g

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a moment

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lobby, through a private elevator

sion wa

lose, consuming the space with his body. The way

ervous," h

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elevator door pinged and slid op

sleek furniture and floor-to-ceiling windows fram

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my hea

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to focus. And why I was in t

ly do you w

ass. "It won't be easy. You do work very closely with me. HOW ARE Y

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my arms, "Uh uh. "You

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gaze. "Listen to me, Damian, I'm going to mak

ehind his darkenin

my gaze.

ve me the once-over. "Are y

ours

my skin sud

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ked straight

have been

ven in we had

had just lost a war I didn

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at up straighter.

glass on the table with a soft clink. "Tomorrow

all the way out here to tell m

was just seeing how yo

clenche

s a look on his face I couldn't

rmth curled

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levator, ready to leav

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hovering above the

ler this time. "S

y spine. I turned

scrutable. "It's late. Your apartment's not

in my ribs. "Ar

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ated. "I'm not

y n

ecause I don'

urved his lips

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sita

dering it 

ack to my apartment this l

arply. "Fine

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ian said, still staring at me. "Mak

ties, with piercing eyes,

long hallway. The voice had been that of a th

igned on to spend th

if that made

nely re

s bigger than my

ooking the city. It was the kind of luxury I

edge of the b

hell wa

for. Staying here? Letting mysel

aying wi

as going to survive it

 on the door

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efore I had a chance to react, Dami

feet. "What a

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so didn't

couldn't sto

ve told him

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od, ahí nomás, wat

ed to my lips 

ath hi

hing hot arrow

ike that, Da

night,

as steady,

ama had jus

looked at me as if

elf to nod.

vanished out

ed, and I sh

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ommitted the wor

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longer abo