Sixteen
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“WHAT HAPPENS NOW?” Lily asked Monster.
He shook his head. “Nothing. You continue treating me, and when I am healed and look like a normal man, I can leave this place and negotiate with my enemies face to face.”
“But you’ll never look like a normal man,” she said.
He lifted his fingers to touch the side of his face with the birthmark. “Why? Because you’ll never be able to fully heal me?”
It was her turn to shake her head. “No. Because even with the birthmark, you’re still more shockingly beautiful than any man I’ve ever seen.”
Lily clamped her hand over her mouth. Where the hell had that come from?
But her words made him pause. His eyes took on a hard glint, a muscle in his jaw twitching. “Is that supposed to be a f*****g joke?”
She started back in surprise. “What
