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My eyes connect with his again

“And what about you?” I ask, cocking oing to beat me to death?”

His lips twitch, but it’s a brief reaction I silently make it my mission to make Axle smile I don’t think he kno

“If that were the case, you’d already be dead”

I do smile, and I can tell he makes a concentrated effort not to let rabstwo shots I let it slide that he didn’t answer ers

“You know est secret, and I don’t even know your last name”

He pauses, the shot glass al his lips as he looks over the rim at me He tosses the shot back in one quick lass down

“Axle isn’t the naiven was burned with the rest of my past It’s just Axle”

I bite down onin the scars and the beauty If he didn’t have scars to flaw hieous that he’d make me sick It’s the scars that make him irresistible

“That’s all I get?” I ask, looking back into his eyes

Music starts playing loudly, and I look over as a group of girls—possibly strippers, given the tassels—coirls saunter over to the

Idly, I wonder if Axle is going to take a turn Then realize I ht cut a bitch if that happens

Probably not a good idea forI’m too crazy to be social

My eyes swing back to Axle, waiting expectantly for him to answer the question He’s an unreadable book before es blank, and the cover only hints to a story I want to dive into

“For tonight, that’s all you get,” he says, looking away

My lips curl in a grin as I skate a little closer, and his hand shoots up, steadying me when I wobble I really want out of these skates, but I don’t like walking around in my socks on this dirty floor

“But you ht tell me more tomorrow?” I ask