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and the city noise humming outside, she felt watched. N

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unsettled her so much. That she could still he

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ust another arrogant man used to getting his way, and

ts aside, she got

elt normal again. Law school was demanding exh

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ignore it. To delete it,

the one fueled by sharp

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use.

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her phone and shov

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ping onto the bustling campus, a

was being

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f he was actuall

acknowledge him, to give in to th

p breath and e

walkways, their voices blending into a d

bab

remained tense,

law building, she stepped inside, inhaling the

a

e had her coffee in hand. But as she turne

u're a creature of

blood

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t respond. S

moved before she

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omach

jaw, willing hers

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s hunting her, a

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cing herself to focus on her coursework,

is w

nce lingered, even w

from thinking, from feeling, from resisting

the library, her body moving on au

now, the campus settling

whisper o

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th

slammed agai

d herself to keep walking, h

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. Don't give him

body bet

r her shoulder

nt

dressed in black, his presence cut

move. Di

ke he was waiti

th came fast

lay bef

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front the dev

pened when you p

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ow carved from the night itself. His posture was relaxed,

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at? Fo

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o

sed to b

traight toward him. If he expected her to ignore him, to cowe

approached, as if amused by

smooth as silk

lifting her chin. "No. I came t

d with something

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ng her. Just close enough to remind her th

he murmured. "Th

wallowe

ements, his words, even the way his presenc

walk away.

the question burning

ike she was something rare. Something that bel

ice was almost thou

tightened.

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o confidently, that a shiver ran t

ith a sharp glare.

twitched.

eath c

n h

his before she drowned in whatever d

ack, then another.

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her ev

wasn'

ven c

ned and walked

left him standi

n't escaped

lk away, every step measur

ouldn

ve him the

a touch, branding her even as

rply, the tension in her shoulders uncoiling just

was i

t ruthless, powerful, dangerous. The kind of man you didn't le

her pulse s

hated, one she refused to ack

o

let this get

ed the stairs quickly. It was late, and the station was mostly empty,

m, forcing herself to f

one, ignoring the lin

text back. Wo

en a p

t in t

fly, she tur

omach

s, his figure a silhouette against

eath c

't rush to her like some desper

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e, watching her, wai

ound her phone. "Are

erate. "I told you, tesor

her jaw. "You'r

stairs with effortless grace. "If I w

said it sent a chi

the station behind her,

art po

on. Leave him

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ed to let him co

ers, stepping onto the t

hut behind her,

cted her pulse to slow, h

had already burrow

she knew this w

just the