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jersey, the heat of his palm seeping into her skin like a brand. An unwanted electric jolt shot stra

warned. Her voice ech

til you

definitely don't want to hear whate

verick used her momentum against her. He stepped smoothly into her spa

oo big.

ing the last remaining oxygen in the tunnel. Her breath hitched. A dark, twisted pull

was a brutal rasp. "But tha

u just want to glo

your phon

thm against her ribs, and it had nothing to do with the game. Wit

lit up the

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. It was a draft

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lder blades. The air left her lungs completel

of his chest brushing hers sent a sickeningly hot spark straight through her. "He has been bleeding

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that had been worn smooth by years of learning to move inside that authority rather than against it. A weariness so settled it had becom

ce dropping into a dangerous, low register that vibra

it was like shoving a wall of pure

filled with a volatile mix of rage and a starving, su

ngage

ran ice-co

ged. Publicly. By

laugh. "Fake engaged? To you?

her ear. The sheer heat radiating off his body was unbearable. Electric. "You think

e a mur

ut he didn't pull away. He stayed so close she could f

rcely. "I will let the team burn befo

will

n't for

s with hers. The raw dominance in his stare made her shiver. "Because if you walk a

ed into fists.

e slid over her skin like a blade. "

ith his voice and his heat and the way he sa

ps down the tunnel

otograph bolted to the concrete wall. The old Redstone junior squad, twelve years old in matching jerseys, squinting into the fla

them. Befor

ent the world had seemed in that fraction of a second before the camera flashed. Almost. She turn

the mistake of

sides, and his expression was something she had never once allowed herself to actually look at. Something that h

ow she was s

emy. They were just two people standing in a tu

hers, and the cold slid back into place

into the noise of the arena corr

hat followed her all the way to the parking l

hen he thought no