20Yulia
I don’t know how long it takes me to realize that the reprieve is real, but eventually I calm down enough to stop shaking.
He didn’t go through with it.
He didn’t force me.
I still can’t believe it. I know how hard he was—I felt it. There was no reason for him to show me mercy. I’m not some woman he picked up in a bar; I’m the enemy who just tried to injure him. He should’ve gloried in my pathetic begging and used the weakness I revealed to break me completely.
That’s what I would’ve expected him to do, at least.
Lowering my head, I stare at my naked legs, trying to understand why he stopped. Lucas Kent is not a novice to this life—far from it. According to his file, he joined the United States Navy right after high school and entered the SEAL training program several months
