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“Are you i I’d hurt my sub? My sub”

“I don’t believe I was i Kinley if she was all right and if she needed any help You’ve got a face like thunder and you had a daht hold on her arm Any decent man would have asked the same”

“I would never har her wince

Tamati didn’t even flinch

“I don’t know you and I can only go by what I see”

A couple walked in behind Tamati and came to a stop Thethe two men warily

Sloan took a step forward

She had to do sorabbed hold of her shoulder fro to see Mace, on of Club Decadence’sdown at her

“I hope you weren’t planning on getting in between those two,” he said in a stern voice

“No, of course not,” she said defensively

Mace just made a derisive noise “Sloan? Tamati? We have a problem here?”

“No, sir,” Taht”

“Hmm, she’s over an hour late and didn’t bother to contact her Doht He’s been understandably worried about her” There was a note of censure in his voice

Great, did the whole club know she was late? Sloan had probably been pacing the floor like a caged bear

She looked at Sloan, who’d taken a few steps back and was now looking calrimaced “Sorry, bro, didn’t realize”