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dn't sto

V roaring down the empty mountain highway. The massive twin-turbo engine screamed like a caged beast

s of dark green and gray

abbing the overhead handle as the vehicle took a sh

ng wheel, his chest heaving with barely suppressed Alpha fury. "Were you out there hunt

radation. "Yes! I am sick of freezing in that barren annex! I am sick of being treated like a piece of

e, but the desperate need to wound his

ilence fell o

both feet on

an. The SUV skidded across the asphalt, coming to an abrupt, violen

tally into my collarbone before slamming me back into the seat. I sat

l, his head bowed, his shoulders rigid. A low, vibrating growl began to rise from the dept

y handbag and pulled out the solid silver pocket watch. I needed to rese

er casing with trembling fingers. "I wasn't looking for anyone. I was... I was just holding onto

at had kept the Holland elders from throwing me

r. I expected him to t

me, the darkness in his gray eyes had mor

m of his cashmere coat, then ripped the silver pocket watch straight from my grip wit

ed, lunging across the

earm, holding the bundled watch up between two fingers. "You're mourning Casimir

rty! It has nothi

ritory falls under my j

h wrapped in the thick wool of his coat and slammed it

AC

ces. The delicate silver hands bent and snapped, the internal

left my body in a si

h was the only collateral I had left

st my lashes, tracing a hot path down m

m blind, Everleigh? When you look at me, you aren't seeing an Enforcer. You're seeing Casimiro's shadow.

and wiping it away with brutal roughness. "I am no one

he first time, the paralyzing fear of his rank vanished

ispered, my voice deadly quiet. "You think

ing straight into his

but an arrogant, cold-blooded tyran

her rot alone in that freezing annex for the rest of my life than ev

ls constrict

crimson that flooded the whites of his eyes. The interior of the

ll. He didn'

t in the driver's seat. His throat moved once as h

, his voice flat,