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A light gasp left Anika, and when her body pressed into h to capture lanced back, behind her, to find another two skeletal goons blocking us in from whence we came

We were good and trapped

Nice

“Nas,” Anika whispered, sneaking a fearful peek at the htened eyes htened around ed to do was shake her head subtly and mouth, “Bad”

Yeah No shit, babe I kind of gathered

My stomach knotted in dread, but as I shifted my focus on the man in the suit, I watched in wide-eyed curiosity as he opened cabinets and drawers before taking the loaf of bread out ofit onto the counter

And then, he spoke

“This cos,” he uttered in a deep ti them onto the counter beside the bread “I hoped you’d be alone”

He had yet to turn All I le, I could s He was tall and dark-haired He had a small silver hoop in one ear He was

“Who are you?”

My question went unanswered

Theout soan to spread one slice with peanut butter His bored, “Not enough of a co He spread the other with strawberry jelly and slapped the two pieces together to…

My brow pulled down

…make a sandwich

How peculiar

He straightened to full height and spoke as though he was talking to himself “No need to worry A mild hiccup”

And then, finally, he turned

I was momentarily dumbfounded I hadn’t expected him to be so—the word stuck in

He was all arrogance, wide-set shoulders, sharp angles, and full lips

A pair of dark eyes met mine, dark in color and dark in character, and he sht white teeth I couldn’t help but notice his pointed canines “Honey You’re home”