Chapter Ten
“I’m not going to die,” Dell said simply.
“The illegal fights. Stealing. Do you even have a head on those shoulders?”
An angry flush rose in the young man’s face as if he was preparing to explode. Helena grabbed Edmund’s arm. “Edmund, leave him be.”
Dell’s anger snapped away in an instant as his eyes fixed on Helena, seeing her for the first time. “Who do we have here?” He sat up to peer closer. “You don’t think you’re fooling anyone in that getup, miss, do you?”
Helena ripped the hat from her head. Her dark curls spilled out, and she turned to Edmund. “Am I that obvious?”
The first time Dell had seen Helena, he’d wanted to get under her skin. He’d wanted to test her, challenge her, to make her face flush with anger. She was the most beautiful person he’d ever seen.
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