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Both the prince and Mafioso followed Donovan and both seemed a tad worried Well, the prince did Mafioso see eye to eye in a heartbeat, nose to nose the next

"Don’t even think about fucking with

"I’ this afternoon I knoho did it, but I need your word you’ll stay calm"

His hands clutched ht when he pulled me closer The prince shifted uneasily

"You have three seconds," he said

"Wait, I’ll tell you, but I need you to pro through his teeth

Garrett had started toward us and I waved hi Donovan, I er in the air and made a quick circle, which was Garrett-speak for let’s wrap this up If he picked up on et back in his truck and start it

Donovan saw esture as well He jerked me to attention as a couple of Bandits started toward Garrett

"Wait," I said "It’s just a precaution I don’t want to die today, okay?"

They all turned back to ot back in his truck--every move reluctant--and started it up

"Let me closer to Garrett I’ll tell you, then I’ll leave"

His eyes narrowed on ah this, but you’re angry and you’ll take things too far A girl’s got a right to guarantee her own safety"

When he glanced back at Garrett, I looked over Donovan’s shoulder to uy who did it He had stringy brown hair, a frizzy beard, and enough weight on him to make the run he was about to be forced into strenuous and most likely painful The threat of imminent death should push him past the pain

I wanted him to know that I knew, to worry And he did When his eyes widened a fraction of an inch in disbelief, I nodded so he would co back, I gestured to Garrett’s truck withhim knohat I wanted hikiller without trying to understand why he would do what he did I flashed hiain Slowly, so no one would notice, he backed that way

When I was to the edge of the crowd, I turned back to the to keep their attention locked ontoward the truck, but I didn’t kno long I could put Donovan off, so I decided to improvise

I rolled onto my toes, wrapped my arms around Donovan’s neck, and planted ry as he was, he wasn’t about to pass up a chance at true love Or an easy lay He tasted clean with a hint of beer, and behindacross the street