Brendon's grasp, eyes narrowed and voice sharp. "Try t

lt like control-something he'd always taken for granted-was slipping through his fingers. "This place

t. "Wow. You think this is about you? Don't delude yourself. We're

n asked, his stare hard and searching.

stina retorted flatly. "Don't f

self, he reached for her again. But her reflexes were

ding his wrist, fury flashing

aze drifting down to his groin and back up with a derisive smirk. "Tho

is face. "You've got

" Christina replied with a

because I didn't want to see you crash and burn. But if this

ation echoing in each step. Christina's transformation hadn't gone unnoticed. Sti

their gazes with a look so sharp that it could cut glass, and whatever boldness they carried dissolved on t

touch her were left broken-one of them, quite literally, had his manhood de

.

f room tucked away from the crowd, two

drawing focus like gravity. Something about her brought back a name he hadn't spoken aloud in years-Rose. The masked woman who ha

ented, his gaze flicking from the bar to Dylan. "If B

eniable. He didn't need to speak to make his p

's eyes and said, "Don't tell me she's cracked that

the air. "Finding any leads on King

on Ralphy's brow

were drawn tigh

said, a note of frustration slipping into his voice. "But King

"Exactly. That's why I'll keep looking-no matter how lo

through the room, b

ing composed at first. But within seconds, that calm shattered. His eye

ice steady. "What could pos

rned to him, breathless with disbelief. "I

are you talking about?" He hadn't expected Ki

t. Next week's champion of the shooting competition gets an oppor

tion he hosted had just become the hottest eve

forward, his voice dropping, but th

session from King. And Dylan, you've been on top of the shooting competition for three years st