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But there was another thing she was good at

And even though Novo had no right to care and no reason to notice and zero fucks to give, it was sublier in those doorways and pull those double takes whenever the fe? That the shit was on Novo’s radar at all

Peyton, son of Peythone, was nothing she was interested in After all, so for a major limb amputation, were self-evident

Plus hello, personal history

Not with him specifically But still

So the fact that she’d even noticed the guy’s addiction to that other feh to make Novo want to beat her own ass

As she turned to head for the shower stalls, she caught sight of herself in a full-length mirror--a fixture she was very sure wasn’t in the males’ locker room

Which was really just so damned sexist--

Her thoughts dropped the istered Her eyes had become hollow pits, and her stos, was concave, and her legs were swollen with ht bony knots of her kneecaps

No hips, no tits, no fe hair was bolted in a braid that hung as if in retreat down the powerful fans on either side of her spine

Novo nodded at herself in approval

She wouldn’t want things any other way

Paradise could keep the chick shit and all the sidelong stares in the world Far better to be strong as opposed to sensual The latter got you admired…

The for anything at all"

As he sht, Yuuuuup, it’s totally cool I just told your girl I loved her while she thought I was still stuck on not wanting her to be in the training progra, we just faced off in a duel, where she had a gun and I had two paper clips and a rubber band But it’s fine

Although, hey, while we’re on the subject,in your back pocket? ’Cuz I won’t be needing the for the door, he didn’t look at Paradise In fact, there was a good possibility he was never looking at her again But he was careful to guy-it-up with Craeg as he passed thehim a clap on the shoulder

"Can’t wait for to hionna be a no-show "Good workout tonight Fan-fucking-tastic"

Especially if you counted the body sla up again Probably needed reconstructive surgery and a prosthesis

Out in the corridor, he stopped and cursed He’d left his fucking duffel in the break roo back in there Nope No reason to catch the drift of the Paradise/Craeg Reunion Kiss 45,896, which would be followed by the OMG-guess-what-Peyton-just-said’s The good news? Craeg was so into the progra the true ene possibility his bonded ht now

Still, it was probably a good idea to head down to the parking area If only to buy himself soh to take on a bonded s

As Peyton checked his watch and started striding off to the reinforced steel door at the very far end, he pulled a thank-fuck Fifteenarea to take the went apeshit on the ride into town, surely soht shooter and would intercede, and h alert, his skin flushing with heat, the hair at the back of his neck triggering up, his blood puain and turned around slowly

Novo was e from the female locker room, her hard body in leathers and a leather jacket, her Nike duffel over one shoulder, her black hair slicked back and braided down her spine

"Hey," he ht"

She always did And not just with her hand-to-hand for past him--"is that I beat you"

"Not how I re you flat on your back caused a little brain dae, then"

As an arousal punched at the fly of his slacks, Peyton discreetly rearranged himself and fell into her wake Out in front of him, she moved like the boss she was, all attitude and competence, and yes, he totally looked at her ass--and wanted his hands all over it