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wearing a bespoke charcoal suit, but the jacket was

rehead, making his skin shine in the dark. His

to her knees b

oftly. "Are you... d

s brushed against the burning skin

e contact with his, the

race of human reason. He looked like a starv

le. A rival firm had slipped a massive dose of a military-grad

ouse to ride it out. His sanity wa

the faint scent of rosewater on her

ic growl ripped

gers clamped around Abigai

The pain was sha

Josephus yanked her forward.

air and crashed onto

ion of a second, Josephus's massive, heav

ystem evaporated, replaced

shed wildly beneath him, her hands

s nervous system. All he felt was the agonizing heat in his b

scalding hot against her skin. The heavy scent

brutal urgency. He grabbed

, the expensive silk

g fabric echoed lou

of the sofa hit A

ree hand and slapped him across the

p smack

His head snapp

red. He looked down at the terrified woman trembling be

through his teeth. His voice

d backward, desp

h away, her knee jerked upward. I

ut the physical frictio

hiss. The brief window

ent comple

ssive hand and slammed them above her h

d her jaw, holding he

is mouth dow

a punishment. It was a de

pensive scotch an

rned for oxygen. The crushing weight o

e lack of air and the lingering

ibcage, burning a trail