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He glares atme like I’m her da eh

This is not what I need

CHAPTER 9

MAYA

Obviously I stick to Axle’s side, even as he casts warning glares over atof the bunch He’s the meanest in appearance

The scars alone are a foreboding tale of a hardened fighter and survivor

But since he pushed the gun away from the back of my head, it appears he wants me to die the least out of this bunch And then there’s that whole sexy thing he has going for himent a little

As they listen to the recorded proof of the plan to ambush them—which I’ve never heard before this moment—I take the ti that Cold Eyes thrusts in front of me

But my attention mostly stays on the man I’ve been curious about since the day I set eyes on him

He has dark hair that was made to be permanently windblown—and hot And he’s tall Really tall Even in ht, my forehead barely comes to his chin His stubble is intentional and lines his jaw, only interrupted by the scars that deny the hair the right to grow, and possibly why he doesn’t grow a full beard

One scar cuts across his lips in a diagonal, and another jagged one stands out too It’s clear that none of these had proper stitches, because they would have healed so much better and less obvious if they had

I want to reach up and trace the marks across his lips, curious how they feel But he’s like a wolf They look pretty, but they’ll bite your hand off even if you think they’re taets touched

As the recording ends, the cold-eyed one looks over at aze is over my head as he looks to Axle or Drex Jude’s jaw tics like he’s furious about so

“If we’d knoe alking into, we could have survived,” Jude says angrily

“But ouldn’t have known, because our sources helped Herrin set us up,” the cold-eyed one growls “Which means they would have at least killed one or two of us by catching us unaware if they hadn’t already been dead”

Drex eyes me for a second, and I shift a little closer to Axle, careful not to brush up against hiave me the “no touchy touchy” advice

Which is totally a shame

“She can’t just kill a bunch of guys in our territory, even if she is saying she killed them for us,” Jude snaps “She has a war at her back Hoe know she’s not dragging us into it with shit like this?”