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She shuffled forward quickly and I braced for a blow that never came. Cute. She was toying with me.
You can do this, she told herself, her voice trembling with fear even within her own mind.
I rolled my eyes.
She snarled at me as she thought, He deserves this for what he did.
Tilting my head, I waited for more. What had I done to her?
“Who’s been training you, Jack?”
“Don’t call me that,” she spat.
My eyebrows lifted. “It’s your name, isn’t it?”
“My name is Jacqueline. Only my family calls me Jack.” And you are not that, she added angrily within that cute little head.
“We should both be relieved about that distinction, petit colibri, seeing as how you’ve been eye-fucking me since you arrived.”
Her mouth fell open, but even within her mind, she didn’t argue my point.
I winked as I lunged forward and pinned her against the wall. She gasped and I smiled. “And your thoughts…” I shook my head. “What was it you wanted to know about my hands?”
Eyes angry and wild, she fought against the way my closeness made her feel, and I watched with amusement as she berated herself for wanting me. When she licked her lips and the scent of fear mixed with arousal in the air, I inclined my head as if to say, ‘See?’
You do not want him.
He isn’t Vinny.
He’s not one of the good ones.
I cocked an eyebrow as I released her and stepped backwards to give her space. “As if there are any of those.”
Don’t listen to him, she told herself.
“Who is Vinny?”
Her eyes widened and she began to sing a song I didn’t recognize in her head. “None of your business.”
“A boyfriend?”
Her lips curled. “Get out of my head.”
“Wish I could.” I shrugged. “It’s quite annoying in there.”
It was also a play-by-play commentary of her next move, so when she glared at me as she created a plan of attack then moved forward to swing, I dodged her fist easily enough. I would have been able to anyway, as she was all of twenty years old and no match for my agility. Already hindered by the human way she moved like molasses, she didn’t stand a chance against one of my kind, but seeing each step of her plan play out in her head bored me and I desperately tried to force myself out of that chaotic space.
The song grew louder and I sighed. “Try to push me out of your mind,” I told her.
She paused in her circling and her brow creased. “What? How?”
“Wish I knew.” I stepped quickly toward her and she stepped back, carefully matching my every move. She’d been trained well, at least. Franco would be proud. “This is new territory for me, love.”
As I focused on her mouth instead, soft and full and pursed into a determined frown, I was able to silence her thoughts long enough to think—
And she was able to sneak one past me.
Her fist connected with my jaw and she pulled back with a scream of agony, hand limp as she cradled it against her chest. “Fuck!”
