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He stepped forward and her fingertips tingled, claws threatening to release Oh yeah, she was definitely ready to tangle with Judd Lauren, Man of Ice, and the most beautiful male creature she had ever seen

Chapter 2

"Brenna, what are you doing here?" The sharp question was bitten out in a familiar voice Lara didn’t wait for an answer "Move aside, you’re blocking the doorway"

Startled, Brenna did as ordered The SnowDancer healer and one of her assistants slid past, portableto obstruct her view of the body "This roo crowded Lara needs space to work"

"He’s dead" Brenna knew she was being unreasonable, but she was sick of being pushed around "She can hardly help hi here?" A sihted her ridiculous behavior with cool Psy precision

Hands curling against the urge to strike out at this male who always seemed to catch her at her weakest, she turned and walked out Packlanced at her curiously as she passed More than one wore a look of judg to walk past without azes, but she forced herself to do the opposite She’d had her self-respect stolen froain

Several pairs of eyes shifted away at being caught staring, while others continued to watch her, unblinking Had the circumstances been different, she would’ve taken their intransigence as a challenge, but today, she just wanted to get away froency didn’t blind her to the fact that even the boldest of the past her shoulder

"I don’t need you to fight my battles," she said, after they cleared the crowd

Judd er a shadow at her back "I wasn’t aware I was doing so"

She had to concede he was probably telling the truth - most people in the den were simply too scared of Judd Lauren to want to draw his attention under any circumstances "You saw the cuts" She could still se of blood "They were just like his" The sharp glea blood Screae

"They weren’t identical"

His cool response pulled her out of the nightmare chaos of memory "Why do you sound so certain?"

"I’m Psy I understand patterns"

Dressed in black and with those emotionless eyes, there was no doubt he was Psy As for the rest"Don’t try to convince me that all Psy would’ve been able to process the details so quickly You’re different"

He didn’t bother to confire the facts The cuts on this victim - "

"Timothy," she interrupted, a rock in her throat "His name was Ti, but couldn’t bear to have hi more than a nalanced at her, then gave a s the saest being that he was male"

And Santano Enrique, the bastard who’d tortured Brenna and killed so many others, had taken exclusively wos that required a woman’s - Brenna shoved the memories back into the locker inside her mind where she kept the darkest, filthiest pieces of what he had done to her "You think soe rise Even dead, the butcher’s evil continued

"Likely" Judd halted at a fork in the tunnels "This isn’t your fight Leave the investigation to those who have experience in that area"