overhead light buzzed in the ceiling. Millie stood just inside the doorway,

al chair bolted to the floor beside

idn't

cold voice who had appeared like a ghost. She hadn't even had time to process the fact that someone had stood up for her. Infact,

s this

underneath was black, tight around his broad shoulders. He looked like someone born in violence. But tonight, he had used that

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eyes for the first time

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e from where I saw you.

rowl only a kind one. She didn't know what to say since

es and bent down beside

ut it's not okay to put yourself i

s

Alex with the van came up to him a

low for her to hear. Alex's expression changed almost instantly-his jaw tightened, his brow fu

s fingers. The man disappeared back into the shadows of the ware

the chair, her heart poundin

He stood, ran a hand throug

might have

rembled. "What k

ack to her. "The kind

tightened.

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ath stilled.

opened the top drawer, pulling out a small first aid kit. H

e bleeding," h

ned her legs from her fall in the alley. Her tights were

hat," she whispered, he

kno

winced but didn't pull away. His touch was surprisingly careful, like he'd done this befor

were scarred in places. His knuckles looked like they'd met too many ja

e?" she asked, nodd

humorless smile. "A lesson I

hard. "Why are

s. "Because no

tween them but

in Alex's territory since she left her house, the overhead

swallowed

t jumped. "Is

mmediately. "St

idn't even realize he had one until she saw it gleam i

pening?" sh

t," h

cruel-it was pro

mewhere overhead. Footsteps. Not Alex's. Not the man w