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Present STORM WAS WORRIED THAT ASSHOLE MIGHT STILL BE AT HER PLACE. I WAS worried he wouldn’t be. I would never have left her so soon if I didn’t have a good reason, and that reason was retribution. Tonight, a man had surrendered his right to draw breath. I was going to rectify that situation, and it would be a hell of a lot easier if I didn’t have to hunt him down. I was more than happy to promise Stormy not to send anyone because I preferred to handle it myself anyway. I was a stubborn fucker. Always had been. Besides, Storm was out cold before I left the apartment and wouldn’t wake for hours. And despite her muddled argument, she would not be going home the next day, or the day after that. I’d spent weeks telling myself to leave her alone, and the result of that had been a monumenta
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