DAMIEN
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“I needed you to look into it,” I’d stated, the words a low growl that rumbled with barely contained fury.
A disturbing number of operations had been going sideways lately, and the sheer audacity of the Elvares, those vipers, slithering onto my territory and conducting their dirty business without even a whisper of respect, had my temper flaring.
It hadn’t ended cleanly, not by a long shot.
I’d moved to the far end of the dimly lit study, the heavy curtains drawn tight against the evening.
She hadn’t seen me enter, and the shadows clinging to the corners of the room seemed to swallow my presence whole.
Frankly, I hadn’t wanted her to see me yet.
I was still wrestling with the image of her, trying to claw her out of the relentless grip she had on my thoughts.
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