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ey
ly stirring my latte. The foam swirled into a
his "brilliant" future as a junior lawyer. The light glinted off hi
nd date my mother had
. His gaze swept over me like I was an
other isn't in the best of health. After we're married, you can stay home and be a proper tradwife. Look after her, keep the house run
nd the warm ceramic mu
ou think I sat through this date just to become Mrs. Junior Lawyer and spend my life mopping your ego and your mother's floors, then you are even
a dismissive hand like
ts her family first. My career is on an upward trajectory, and I need
n the table. The sc
d, his disple
our undivided attention? I don't waste my time on women who can't get their priorities str
and answered.
ush. "Haley! Get back here! We have an eme
rumble of men's voices in the backgrou
t, Warren, but I have to get back to the clinic. Actual peopl
his face a mask of
! Do you have any idea wh
my wallet and slapped it on the t
bore who thinks a law degree makes him the center of the universe. My pa
ckward glance, leaving hi
back to the clinic on the west side of town. Kierra's word
ust the sterile scent of antiseptic, but something else. Somecuts I knew they were called, with the emblem of a snarling serpent's head on the back. Their arms
ide with panic. "Oh, thank God you're here! Serpents of Re
d, his clothes soaked with blood from what looked like a stab wound to his a
His name was Cody Stone, but everyone in the club c
cted, "This is Haley!
. I moved around him, my voice steady. "I'm Haley P
practiced. The other men didn't stop me, but I could feel thei
e clinic door
ension in the room, seemed
f authority. He was tall, with short black hair and a face so handsome it was almost brutal, hardene
traightened, a silent show of respect. One of them spoke in
resident. Elvis
e absolute monarch of the Serpents of Retribution
red Prospect, then, without warni
lytical and possessive. It held me for thr
tact, focusing back on the patient's pulse, but
nation bed and addressed Dr. Reynolds, his vo
t me. The oppressive weight in the room originated from
resence of that man, Knight, was like the scen
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