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“You are if you want to ht” He raised a black brow and pushed his jaw-length hair back behind his ears Now I realized why he probably wore it long; his ears were scarred, too, but worse than his face, like someone had branded him ire mesh

I wonder what happened to his Maybe the result of being alive as long as he had and not having King’s ability to come back in a shiny new body?

He pu with his foot, and the bike roared to life “You co or not, Jeni?”

The hard lines of his lips momentarily distracted me He was a beautiful man Or was a beautiful inal fra jaw, a square chin and deep, intense eyes—peeking through the bitterness and scars I bet he was breathtaking when he was younger before the world took pieces of him

We locked eyes for a h me, followed by adrenaline I wasn’t completely afraid of Ansin, but I certainly wasn’t co was for sure, Ansin liked the way I was looking at hiave him a subtle satisfaction Just like when he walked into the café The patrons nearly shit theness on his face

I drew a deep breath and got on the back of the bike

“You’re going to have to put your arms around me,” he said

I hesitated This man had a wicked vibe that , I’d have to get through this

I slidthe coolness of his leather jacket seep throughof the jacket, pressed ertips into the soft fabric of his T-shirt I felt his warm, hard muscles underneath

A cold tingle rolled downht actually be

Ansin put the bike in gear, and we took off He obeyed no speed limits He obeyed no traffic laws He drove like he owned this world and anyone who valued their lives should get out of his way

They did

And I needed to watch htened me, his powers fascinated me