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“Do I look like I have?” Greystone bit back

Dariell shook his head “Ah, neur, you do not knohen to quit, no?”

“Just resume your position and allow me to ease my frustration on you”

Lydia watched the ether They bowed to each other, stood with their hands by their sides rather than forlass pane, and she squinted to gain a better view

Greystone attacked first The swipe caasp Dariell didn’t even flinch The Frenchman blocked the move with a counterattack that forced Greystone to duck And so it went on Punches thrown The kicks to the chest were capable of knocking threecluant, masterful, beautiful yet deadly

A faint sheen of sweat glistened on Greystone’s bronzed skin While every inch of Lydia’s body shivered from the cold, heat swirled within TheThis intense attraction was too much for her Where would it lead? Where would it end? And yet she could not tear her gaze away from the

“Where are you, ed another of Greystone’s punches “For you are not in this room with me You have lost your focus”

Greystone ed the muscle in his shoulder, and Lydia alh times to make it count”

“Ah, but your anger e is the enemy, too”

“I’h he did sound rather annoyed

“You do protest too much, my friend When a man is lost in his head, it is often because of a woht?” He waved his hand dismissively “Do not tell me for I know the answer”

“You’re right But it’s disappointer”

“Miss Lovell is what you would call an original, no?”

Lydia shrank back Did she really want to listen to their opinion of her? She thought for a second, maybe two The ansas yes

The gruerously close now Rain dripped froly locks Her feet were cut and bruised, and still, she turned back to the open door