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I knew nothing about Arlo, but if I looked hard enough, I could see his entire story written right on the surface

“You’re a baddown at me, his dark brows pulled low He lifted a hand and ran it over hisover the stubble that created a light shadow across his cheeks and jaw loud right besideIt shouldn’t have turned me on, but it did

“I am” That as final So final that I felt a chill race up my spine as he said it in that low voice

“Are there worse men out there than you?” I didn’t knohy I asked the question Because truthfully I knew the answer

“No”

I wanted to say I didn’t believe hi to both of us

“But there are men out there ould hurt you, Lina… simply because you’re associated with someone” I knew he meant associated with him “They’d hurt you to make a point, to take a perceived weakness and snuff it out” His gaze was so fierce

My heart hiccupped Was he saying I was his weakness? I didn’t even know him How could I control someone that s I had when I was in Arlo’s presence were soul-searing

What Arlo unknowingly el

My breath caught at the cold calculation, what he i

“And it’s taking every single ounce of self-control I don’t even possess not to go back there and kill any bastard ould take your life as if it ”

I didn’t knohy I turned around, didn’t knohy I faced the predator head-on But as he took lass froon this earth that could have forced me to look away

I ainst theThe glass was cold and sainst it, even though I kneouldn’t give me any purchase

I stared into his eyes that looked so dark with the shadows gently caressing hier he stared atme inch by inch

“Did you kill that man in the alley?” I kneouldn’t have to specify what and who I meant

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