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I curledinto ood She stepped out of the way before he could touch her The lucky bastard had justto put his filthy fucking hands on her

But I should fuck hi he could touch Lina

She fluttered around the roobird, and the entire time, all male eyes were latched on to her, as if they could s off Lina and wanted to destroy it I understood perfectly why Leonid had picked this room for her These men were the most powerful, the wealthiest… the ones ould pay a sinity was up for auction

This was also the only room Leonid came to

I forcedexpression on his face as he watched me He saw too much, knew too much just by my reaction And it didn’t matter how much I tried—and would fail—to hide what I felt toward Lina The fucker saw all A man didn’t become Pakhan if he didn’t kno to manipulate and control… if he couldn't look at someone and see their whole story flash in front of his eyes

And then he broke the stare and looked to the side I followed his line of vision and watched Lina move up to the overly drunken man who stood in the corner, the one as too handsy with the girls The one I kneas a violent drunk just by how he carried himself I didn’t know him, but if he was in this room, he was either very powerful or was closely connected to Leonid

I didn’t miss how she eyed the drunk alood lass of liquor His eyes were hooded and glossy as he stared down at her He was a big asshole, broad shoulders and tall Barely any neck He had a light sheen of sweat covering his forehead, his red-ri in her white dress, tracing the few strands of wispy hair that framed her face

I could ih his pores I felt Leonid look back at me, but I couldn’t takeelse faded evenslowed The bastard set his drink down, and just as Lina turned to leave, he wrapped his hands around her waist, pulling her forcibly back toward him so hard the tray she carried tipped out of her hands and fell to the floor, the glass that had sat atop it hitting the ground, the cup breaking andwith the spilled liquor

I saw red as he slowly slid his hands up, his fingers right under her breasts She pulled away forcibly enough that she sturoped her ass I didn’t realize I had been ht in front of him He turned his attention tolow, as if he were fucking pissed I’d dared to interrupt what he was doing

Histo kill aze off him, I reached out and pulled Lina away fro at me, could’ve assumed her eyes ide and an expression of shock covered her face

The fucker’shis face in a red hue, his eyes narrowing, a vein popping out in his forehead froe

I are of words spilling from my mouth and directed toward Lina Words that would have been close to “Stay close towill be okay” But rasp any kind of sanity right now or to make sure I’d even said the words out loud

And then I felt a heavy weight in ranite balls that sat on a few of the tables, the design res

I felt this low-level huranite ball against the side of the fucker’s head, and when he stu a trail down his terabbed his wrist, slaainst the wall, and twisted his arolden-threaded daht the stone down on the center of his hand so hard I could hear the crack of bone splintering under the force and pushing through the buzz in ain until all I saas blood and broken bone, until all I tasted was the coppery tang coatingmy hands