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“Is it possible,” she said, still hyper froer than me?”

“Sure” Crouching in front of her, he gently lifted her foot and exaer marks

He needed to get soic cream for it The medical advances s Mace liked about his new life, and cream that helped a bruise heal at record speed was top of his list

“Really?” she said ide-eyed wonder

He nodded “With the right skills, you could be deadly Men always underestimate an opponent who’s smaller than they are”

“Even you?”

As she studied hi me down, princess?”

“No I’er with you” She smiled mischievously “Plus, now that I know you wouldn’t hit back, it just isn’t a challenge for me”

“Srumbled

“Seriously, Mace, you can’t do that again There are a lot of fehters ould be ave that one”

He shook his head “I don’t hit women” Not Ever He’d rather die first

“Not even if you have to? To protect so in the air between the about herself, and they both knew it

For the first time in his life, Mace honestly didn’t know the answer, and it tore him apart

Suddenly, he had to put some space between them “I’ll find some cream for that bruise”

Striding from the room, he went in search of a first aid kit and found it in the bathroo else in the apartment, which made him wonder if Miriam Shepherd ever actually spent any time there