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It took a second to realize what he aiting for—her decision Would she call out to Enforcement? Would she sell him out? If he had been anyone else, she would have been insulted But this was Mace, and he knew only too hat betrayal felt like

She reached for hih of this building and of Coo with you”

His eyes warmed with approval as he turned into her touch and pressed a kiss to her palht to hold the kiss to her

“I’ to count to three,” he said “When I do, run for the door at the end of the terrace wall”

“What about you?” Her heart stuttered at the thought of being separated froain

“I’ll follow” He crouched up and peeked over the edge of the mammoth sofa “Ready?”

No, she wasn’t She was nowhere near ready “Yes”

He nodded his approval “One Two Three!”

She didn’t wait She ran, sprinting for the doors Trusting Mace to not only cover her but to follow

She didn’t make it

A un in his hand, and it was aimed at her head She screeched to a halt in front of hi it impossible to scream or to call out and warn Mace that they’d been found—by one of Miriam Shepherd’s twin heads of security

“I’ve been looking for you,” he said with a shtmares

There was nothing hu to reassure her that she wasn’t going to die She’d run straight into the arms of the devil himself, and all he did was sun from her hand

“We’re going to have fun” He grabbed her hair, pulled her to him, and leaned in to sniff her cheek “You smell like innocence”

The shock of his action, his words, was enough to unlock her voice, releasing her scream