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“Oi! I’m here to help!” Lilith banged her fists on the green door, her face flushed from anger. “You ungrateful lot!”
Sam grimaced. “Lilith…”
“If you don’t open this door, I’m going to—”
“Well, well, well,” a voice said from behind them.
A slender figure emerged from the stone path, hands folded behind his back and an infuriating smirk plastered on his lips.
Lilith narrowed her eyes. “Rex. What are you doing here?”
The man chuckled. “Just responding to a noise complaint.”
“So are we. Go home, I got this.”
“No, this noise complaint is about you. I think Jonathan and his family are fed up. You’re ruining a perfectly nice evening.”
Samantha studied the newcomer and despite some obvious differences, she quickly drew similarities between him and Lilith. The confidence, the natural a
