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ckles were painful on my wrists, I didn't flinch as John barged back in. He seemed to have be

most likely because John's l

," in a quiet b

e as if I were something he wanted to

he turned to face me. "Y

as racing, I fired bac

the heat radiating off of him. His smell, which was powerful enough t

a joke?" His voice was

"You seem to be overcompensa

predator assessing its prey, he snatched up a chair, turned it over, and straddl

try this again

t know,

ed. "You think I

No," lowering my voice to a whi

us. His gaze pierced me, looking for some

y questioned, "Wh

breath. "I hav

sn't fe

ave a lot of

and fell to the floor. In an instant, he was on me, his

s inches from mine. For all the wrong reasons,

s to my lips and back again, he m

terrified. However,

, I muttered back, "May

kened. The tension between us was electr

nt, leaving just him, me, and

e bent

art t

s I wrenched my head to the

g with something I couldn't identify,

but I got up. "Whatever t

he yelled out, "Tell

rect, and

I could reply, and then there was chaos-snarl

the direction of the sound

picking up his knife and

d it withou

g him in the back. Both of us fell to the ground. I quickly reac

my heart was pounding an

stared up at me, but his eyes glin

aid, a half-smile

got up. I ran into turmoil

wolves e

mething meaner, quicker, a

eamed for me to

s rushed at me, its c