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he chaos unfold on multiple screens: the fire at Deranged Desires, Victo
as. They were trivial and fleeting. But everything in t
l, he always made
led, stepping into the office with that h
was still calculating probabilities
u to post?" I asked, f
ng on everything from the fire to the Blackthorn drama, and the
Good. You'r
further and let the sense of acc
tion was mine to direct now, and every mov
one and dialed th
n, any vehicle leaving, I want everything tracked. I want to kno
, sir. Alre
fec
otecting was already on my radar. It wouldn'
nic's little fortress of cont
ed and I didn't need to see her to know it was Isabell
e already filling the room. "There's a function tonight that I'm going
ly well that she only needed me for the
knew I woul
into my lap, adjusting her posture as i
e right angle, "I'll need a few shots for th
r relationship was designed for c
ose friends in college, and she was there
e created this. We were exclusive enough to make this believable, but
on from her mother's matchmaking, whil
r a quick peck. Then she flicked her hair back,
d slowly as my thoughts imme
center of a war between men whose lives had been
sband, but from me? That would be more
curity feed was live now. I was connected t
be under my lens within seconds of departure
f security confirmed it immediately: sh
the convoy stopped, she was in a secure location. Do
orld. And I intended to
Right now, this city was a chessboard,
Dominic wouldn't be there. And then I stood up, bu
ards behind the house. Dominic always overestimated h
n window of her bedroom and
ith her back to the window. It was only when I pul
eath hitched as the book
she sat up. She pulled the blanket all the way to
" I asked, signaling
lied as her ey
to need you to
n the chair opposite her bed, cros
nd it seemed like she was on th
I wanted you hurt, you'
y relaxed. I then leaned forward
ngel. And this time, the
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