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Concentrate on so enjoyable Well, there was a bone protruding through his left arht ankle was snapped back so far it was a ht?

Survived worse, he reminded himself Dated Cathy Savan-Holt

A stick banged against his cage

Jaxon stiffened with the realization that he was no longer alone His vision was blurred as he scanned the s on the intruder Hate filled hie of fear

The Delenseans had returned

Not the party-loving race ays thought they were Jaxon wondered if they’d coht of human piñata Maybe both He’d noticed the six-armed bastards sometimes liked to multitask Either way, Jaxon had probably reached the end of the line

Bye-bye, breathing habit

The other-worlders had to be tired of his lack of cooperation They had to know his lips were sealed no matter what they did to him

I led a good life Kind of As a trust-fund baby whose grandparents and parents had helped rebuild the city after the war and still had their fingers in several security businesses, he had more money than God, had traveled the world, and had friends ould die for him Some already had But he’d remained unattached to any se around him

That distance seemed foolish now

More banging “Scared?” a heavily accented voice taunted Metal creaked against metal as the door opened

Darkened as the cell was and swollen as his lids were, Jaxon could only ht?” He barely ue, wasn’t even sure the bastard could understand hi the minutes till you returned and all that shit”

“You sound terrible Like a drunk”

“Fuck you”

“Now that I understood” A pause, a laugh “You know, you weren’t this brash when I followed you all those weeks Undetected,” the alien added sle curse ever passed your lips”

Yes, Jaxon was known for his patience and ht himself to exude both Forced himself to exude both, actually Sometimes he could even pretend the serenity caht for it every second of every day

“No explanation?”

About what? What had they been discussing? Oh, yeah His lack of etiquette “Auy’s personality” Actually, this was the real him The sarcasm he usually repressed, and the potty le bad word could escape Safer that way For everyone Right noever, he didn’t give a shit what he acted like or what the consequences were “Want me to show you? Prove it?”