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Clearly, she wanted hinashed together, and he beat down the tide of jealousy that suddenly raged through him

Jealousy

Jealousy over a Hunter A Hunter he’d always planned to kilWhy couldn’t he sih?

Because Haidee was going to uy fel in love with her, he just et his ass kil ed for good Ultimately, she would betray him

I won’t let that happen Ever

Win, Defeat said, sensing the chal enge

I wilStrider raised both of his hands In the left, he held a syringe In the right, chains They’d been waiting in the hal way, but she’d been too damn concerned for Amun to notice "You didn’t honestly think you’d have free rein with him, did you?"

CHAPTER NINE

AMUN DRAGGED HIMSELF FROM the tangled web of his s he noticed: the taste of frosted apricots fil ed histhe fires that had raged, and an earthy perfu: sunlight streah the , the heavy curtains parted and the blinds slatted to welcoht ray His eyes teared and burned, but at least those tears washed away the hazy shield see hi: Strider reclined in a cushy chair he’d placed just in front of A expression

Strider’s mind was blank, and purposely so The warrior knew Ahts

Everyone here knew it Which hen they wanted privacy--because Amun simply couldn’t stop the flow of their innermost secrets, no matter how much he wanted to