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I saw red in rabbed hiasped at uy, but not ht was centered in his belly and chest His suit, while expensive, couldn’t hide the extra flab, and all it did wastoo hard He had closely cropped dark hair and a pudgy face, and he looked like your average guy; there was nothing standout about him Except his eyes…

There was nothe evil in those eyes

“He’s taken,” I growled as I tried to stick to the role I was supposed to be playing But I couldn’t have, even if I’d wanted to

Because Aleks was still whispering the word “no” over and over again

“Ah, yes,” thelucky enough to stuh it looks like the time away from us has caused a few unacceptable habits,” he added distastefully at Aleks’s continued display of eood, Aleks?” theup my spine

Aleks began to cry as he slid down the wall and dropped to his ass I started to kneel down in front of hihtened and shoved him back

“Hey,” the man snapped as he smoothed out his coat He seeht reaction He smiled and said, “Tell your boss that if he needs a hand in retraining this one” – he es ht?” He let his eyes roaes,” henow “Tell your boss to come see me after the auction if he wants to takea little less… used A couple of h I doubt they’ll go as high as little Aleks did” He paused and then said, “Tell him to ask for Brian”

Brian

As in the Brian who’d been the firsthim believe that if he didn’t behave, his brother wouldn’t come for him Brian, who’d had an innocent woman brutalized and murdered in front of a little boy to teach him a lesson…

It wasn’t so I needed to think about any further I hit Brian hard enough to knock him out cold His head hit the wall behind him before he crashed onto the floor I was on him despite the fact that he was unconscious It was only Aleks calling h ed to tell my fists to stop their doard trajectory

“Jarabbed at my sleeve My knuckles were covered in blood

As was Brian’s face