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I didn’t like what I saw So squeezed until he treer He used the scar as a deterrent, but behind all that lived so…sad

My heart thudded, sending a flood of co my teeth, I closed my eyes and forced all interest and empathy to die a quick death I couldn’t afford to suffer such idiocy I was searching for reasons behind his surly attitude, seeing a heavy penance in his scar You can’t get swept up in the need to help, protect, and listen

Dragging hands through his longish hair, Fox glared "I let you go Why haven’t you left yet?" The faint foreign accent lurked behind a cultured Australian voice He may have studied hard to sound like a local, but he couldn’t hide his roots completely Just like he couldn’t taeness beneath the cool façade

He didn’t belong here He belonged in the wilderness, hunting in the dawn, just like his namesake, the fox

It was my turn to suffer unavoidable curiosity "Who are you?" I tried to relax, re myself he couldn’t harm me, not with so many witnesses "You trap me and demand answers to your questions, but it works both ways You want to know so to point behind me, I said, "I’m here with a friend We were invited by Corkscrew and he’s an expert Muay Thai fighter I didn’t want to co, and you drive erous, and I think you have sorey eyes "You’re right to think I’ et hi He can’t flaunt the rules and invite whoever he damn well pleases" A hard sht of Fox fighting Corkscrew I liked Ben He was kind and looked at Clue as if she were a precious ge him

"Stay away fro okay here?" I ju frolance before looking at Fox "What did I overhear? An excuse to get who in the ring?"

Fox stopped s for their ad determined and not a little scary

The blond haired ger off Let ht"

The air crackled as Fox pierced the new man with a look In one second Fox asserted authority and in another dis around people for the evening" His grey eyes landed onme know he trulyblond hair from his eyes He looked as if he should be in an ocean with a surfboard and not an illegal club "Who are you?" He assessed irls had to wear a uniform, so their services weren’t confused?"

Girls? Shit, is that what the waitresses were? Prostitutes?

My hackles rose My frayed nerves reached snapping point, and I lost all decoruh" I pushed past the blond guy only for hi my breasts, he added, "If you don’t want to be mistaken for a whore maybe you shouldn’t wear such a slutty dress" He dropped his head, breathing me in "I can particularly see your nipples, and I know you’re hot foryour fucking time He’s onto women like you"

"Fuck you" I raised my hand to slap his cheek, but Fox beat me to it His fist landed on the rip, and I stumbled backward

"She’s not a whore, and I’ll say if she’s wasting her fucking tiht"

Oscar rubbed his chin, blue eyes sparking with anger "You’re a son of a bitch"

Fox rippled with rage "Go back to work"

"I ahed once at the madness of this place Seemed everyone was infected hatever disease lived within these huge black walls "Oh, " I spun around and took one angry step before strong fingers latched around ain electricity shot fro about him drew me and repelled me at the same time

My body thrilled at the prihed at lared at the scarred hand wrapped like a handcuff holding aze of thethis stupid cat and"Not yet I’ll say when you can go, and I revoke ainst o until I understand you" His breath tickled the fine hair behindinside me liquefied

"Perer and lust flurried my heart I hated it I loved it I’d never wanted to run or kiss so to et my problee to fight with hiive in to him

"Eh…" The blond"Uh, Fox? What exactly are you doing?" His eyes dropped to my wrist where Fox steadily squeezed harder until ertips

Fox never broke eye contact withGo away"

Learning? He didn’t need to learn how to pretzeluy chuckled, but his eyes darted between us warily "Learning?" He took a step closer "Look, otistical wanker "Take care of me? Like I’m a hooker or the rubbish you have to leave on the side of the road?" My voice rose and I squirainst Fox’s hold "I don’t want to hear anyo"

Fox growled under his breath, glowering at blondie "You’reme closer, he hissed aswith the faint s you leave, so you ainst er idiot than I thought" My heart beat faster, pushing adrenaline through my system "Don’t makehow to protect et free

Oscar took a step back, reluctantly obeying Fox’s order to leave