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d through the silen

ed down by exhaustion,

ound. Subtle. Faint. B

ad toward the

, warping my reflection. My breath slowed as I li

a shadow

art r

n't a

uld, my bare feet barely making a sound against the cool fl

lcony door

a large, firm hand c

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hand away. "Are you out of your mind?" I hissed

t bit apologetic. If an

to wake you," h

ild beat of my heart. "Then what on earth

as unreadable. "Just

hing in the way he said it

in the m

my gaz

n't sharing. There was something lurking beneath h

ard. "Did som

me it wasn't a smile. It was s

ton

toni

it sent a shiv

for more details. I shou

I already sen

s about more tha

orld far more perilous

d

as no w

-

Morning –

said much sin

as we drove toward Blackwood Holdings. His phon

, his gaze fixed on

ing wa

aking the silence. "Wh

't respond

me. His eyes were inscrutable. "

that r

hreats, the late-night balcony check-*

the balcony in the middle of the ni

slightly. "Somet

ly aren't good at ly

musement dancing in his eyes. "And yet, he

th to argue-but

he was

loathed this situat

at meant I was already i

-

dings – Share

g felt like a battle for power,

en in sharp suits, their f

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osphere that h

he head of the table, rad

ehind him, the pe

r

eyes fixed on Damon. "The en

't flinch.

spread thro

me of us are worried about... distr

r calm. "My personal life has

nce hung in

ally sure a

ghten just a bit. It was

ren't just b

ere th

time, a chilling r

merely a bus

a battl

st stepped i

-

Night – Dam

to Blackwood Tower, I

was just get

ened, fingers rhythmically t

s brewing

the door. "Y

thing unreadable fl

, he smirked. "Worri

live here now, if you're planning to set th

s head. But the darkness i

ed him

arlier had vanished. In his place was

I began to wonder if I

wor

at I had really g