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He towered a good six inches over lared up at hilare fro to make its slow descent, and he smiled sheepishly down at me, as if his perfectly white smile could wipe out what had just happened And daht there and then

But I didn’t I rubbedthe headache away I needed a clear head to deal with this It helped a little I forced my lips into a smile and said as sweetly as I could, "What I want is for you and your stupid pack to disappear" I batted , and then I stepped around hi lot

I hadn’t rabbed rip, and started pulling et in the car The pack is stressed, and you’re the last person that should be walking around alone right now"

"Let go of me, Dominic!" I squealed My heart jumped into my throat, andto rip out of his vice-grip hold I was pretty sure he was just trying to look out forme out -- just a little I didn’t like this Dominic He was cold and intense, and he rabbed htly He looked down at me and rolled his eyes "I know you think I’ to help you here"

I laughed, but there was no huot rip a bit tighter, pinching rip, but he see down atit Alrowled His eyes started to shies, and I shuddered, completely involuntarily Deep down I kneouldn’t hurt me Out of all of them, Dominic was one of the best Most of the time he tried to keep the others under control, well, he did when Ray wasn’t watching I kneas Ray’s fault that the pack was the way they were They were being run by a drunken jerk that didn’t care about anyone but hiet a chance to spit out whatever he was about to say "The girl said, ‘Let go’"

Dolared down at rowled, "Stay out of this, Aidan," sounding more animal than human

Aidan? Who was Aidan? I looked overthe owner of the voice He suy -- Aidan -- said, folding his arer "Let her go"

I stared at him and my jaw dropped He was definitely new He had to be, because I kneould have recognized that face if I had seen it before He was s It was hard to tell It was one sided, and his jaitched a little with tension He was trying to look gentle, but there was a rough side to hih his chocolaty eyes, deadly and sweet all in one

Dorowl rume," I said, just barely audible

Dominic flinched, as if olden yellow in his eyes vanished For about half a second, he looked like he was actually sorry

It didn’t last

"Whatever," Dominic snapped, as he dropped his hands from my arms He shotabout, then fine Don’t blalaring daggers at the new guy, as he went to his car The new guy didn’t flinch He stared back with the sa Dominic to corowled so the door shut, and his car rumbled to life

What just happened? a voice inlot In all the years I’d known him, I’d never seen Dominic back away from anyone, even before he beca lanced at hi smile It felt forced and strained "Um, yeah, thank you, uin to explain the tur my brain

"No problem," he said with a wink His voice was deep, but warhter in it, and I had to admit, the sound of his voice made tiny little butterflies flap in my belly Or were the butterflies from relief? I wasn’t entirely sure