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An explosion won’t help

“What are you hiding, huntress?”

“What are you hiding, killer?”

I step toward her She steps back, until the counter hits her ass, and there is nowhere for her to go

“You won’t again, huh?” I ask, encroaching on her personal space and taking up all the oxygen around her until I control when she breathes My body hovers over her until a buzzing shoots between us, increasing her pulse

She licks her lips

I run rily

“I won’t—I won’t hurt her Not after what she’s done for me”

“What if I told you it didn’t hurt her?”

“It does She loves you”

She’s probably right that Phoenix loves me, but it can’t be true Phoenix is too smart to have already fallen for my dumb ass

“And if she were to stop caring abouther to close the gap

“Then…” she purrs but doesn’t answer

“How do you feel, huntress?” My thuive in to ure her out “What do you want?”

My tongue darts out of my mouth to taste hers