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He was a brutal-looking htly trioatee He smiled at ht me across the fleshy part ofback Only I was in the bathroom, in my pajamas and completely unarmed I was as helpless as I had ever been in ination, and just as I realized I should make noise or try and run he lashed out with a closed fist and punched h blow that I fell immediately to my knees

He put a hand in ht his knife down and touched the tip to my cheek “No wonder Conner has such a hard-on for you You’re even better up close and personal”

The sting of the blade and his crude words were like a slap across the face I had no clue how he had gotten inside the condo, but I knew only one of us alking out the front door

“Conner is a lunatic He’s ruining lives because of a man that was a sociopath, a man that didn’t claim him as his own until he needed him!” I didn’t think, I just threw my head forward until my forehead connected solidly with the vulnerable parts of his body hidden behind his zipper It was enough of a shock that he doubled over, giving h room to move around him I scra a sizable chunk of my hair in Zero’s fist He swore and dove for me, but I was faster, and as soon as I cleared the bathrooot to my feet and made a mad dash for the stairs

The Glock was still in my purse No one had seen Booker and I wasn’t ready to adht in that otten rid of the weapon

When I was halfway down the stairs I was hit froh to pick h the air I didn’t hit any round floor with all of Zero’s weight on top of me My teeth tore into h force to make me black out for a second, and my palms and knees lost the first layer of skin as I hurriedly tried to find any kind of traction on the floor to get away froht on my back

He swore at me, calledwildly at hiernails He just laughed at les and used the blade to cut the strap of my tank off of one of usting things he was going to do tointo my chest I screa him on as he leaned down and bit the exposed slope of my breast where the fabric of my shirt had been torn away He swatted my hands away and used his free hand to wrap around my throat

All I could taste was panic and blood and he applied pressure and continued to nick at s uselessly under him as he went on and on about how hot Conner told his he’d been doing to hiross and faronme

I was starting to see spots around the edge of my vision I needed air, but no ers he didn’t loosen the froh as helike a landlocked fish for any kind of breath

“Is that the cop? Iine how fun it will be for him to find you like this Broken, ripped apart Covered in filth and another man I only wish I could be around to see his face Conner will love that”

I had to do so me anywhere, I decided to stop I letand jerking s and hips I went stone still and lay under him like I was already a corpse I saw triurotesque ain

“I like it better when you fight, but this works too” I forced le muscle as he loosened his hold aroundwhere I was sure e my mind or evaluate the risk involved, I liftedto kiss him back and sank e, but it was enough to once again throw hile out from underneath his bulk The knife raked across ot myself free, but I couldn’t stop to think about how bad the cuton the spot when un

He was close again I could feel hi the trigger without ai I fired and fired, each shot louder than the previous one I fired until the clip was empty and my shoulder felt like it was dislocated frounpowder as Zero slumped over in a heap on the floor at h had made contact that he wasn’t a threat anymore The knife now sat useless and covered in crimson on the floor next to his lax form

I called 911 only to be informed that units were already on the way to my location due to reports of shots fired I told the dispatcher there was a dead body on the scene and then Race and Brysen were suddenly there hustling, but they sure as hell heard the gun go off Before I could even start to process what they were asking or the fact that I was bleeding and probably going into shock, the cranky detective was all inmore questions, and all I could tell anyone was that I wanted Titus

I just wanted my cop

Speaking of, the bathroo the space “Are you okay in here?”

Without one cold, and I was just sitting in the tub crying I lifted my hands to rub at my cheeks and went to stand up

“Yeah I just needed a , fightingweak and out of control

I never got toarhiue I just wrapped an arm around his thick neck and let hi wet and teary-eyed