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She knew she wasn’t alone She could feel it Whether she could see the bastard following her, I didn’t know, but I did notice the way she kept her hand in the pocket of her coat I knew she had a weapon tucked within

Sirl

I crept closer, hter, my body poised to attack I felt that fah me

Bloodlust—he and I were old friends

And then the asshole attacked, lunging for Lina and quickly wrapping his arms around her waist as he pulled her into a darkened corner I picked up my pace to eat the distance and stopped when I rounded the corner of the building I saw him only a few feet ahead, his hand around her throat, her eyes wide as she claith one hand at where he gripped her

I was about to bash his skull into the side of the brick building when she pulled out a small canister, pointed it at his face, and doused the fucker in the eyes with pepper spray

He cursed low, a string of profanities as he let her go and stu away at his face I was about to attack, when she reared her leg back and kicked hiround

Fierce, dark desire shot through ht in her, at how she stood up for herself I felt the stirring of that pleasure inGod, she was gorgeous as she stared down at the fucker with this fierceness and need for survival covering her face

And then she darted off in the other direction, running fast and hard, her steps echoing off the tall buildings until it was just the prick and me in the alleyway

I curled ht fists, then relaxed theain as I led to stand up, one hand covering his balls, the other pal away at his eyes My boot kicked away a stray piece of glass, and he stilled, looking in the direction the sound ca

“Who’s there?” He tried to sound stronger than he was He reached into his jacket to produce a knife,it back and forth in front of him as if that would stop me from what I was about to do