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He stepped back and crossed his arms, tilting his head to the side. “Do you know who I am?”
My legs carried me forward and I looped my fingers through the mesh. Staring at his face, I felt as if I should have recognized him somehow, but I didn’t.
“I’ve never met or seen you before.”
He straightened and rubbed his chin. “Where did you say you were from?”
Did he really think I’d fall for that? “The woods,” I repeated.
He smirked and came closer, looping his fingers through the mesh a few inches above mine.
His jaw line was incredible, his hues completely black. I’d never seen anything like them. I hadn’t seen anyone like him period.
We stared at each other in silence, attempting to search the darkest depths of one another. I didn’t have an issue holding any man’s gaze, but looking into his eyes felt dangerous. Yet, I couldn’t turn away.
He was the first to speak, breaking the row of silence we’d fallen into.
“Thought my charms might work.”
“Charms are for naïve little girls,” I retorted with emphasis.
His lips curved slightly.
“You know, it’s only a matter of time before I have the answers you won’t give me.”
I did know that, but at the very least I hoped stalling would give me some time to attempt to think of a way out of this. I needed a solution that kept me safe from the A.R.C.
“And until then?”
“I’ll keep you. I might keep you even when I do know. You’re a cute lil thing. I think we’d enjoy each other.”
I refused to get caught up in the last part of his words and found the middle portion of his statement to be offensive. Cute and little were not complimentary. Furthermore, I didn’t want to be kept. I wanted to be safe.
“I could say the same thing about you.”
“That your way of admitting you think I’m cute too?”
Whatever look flashed across my face had him grinning.
“Hey, you want to know a secret?”
No, my brain replied as my mouth said, “Sure, why not?”
“I’m big everywhere it matters.”
I almost rolled my eyes. I’d heard way too many guerrillas discussing what was between their legs. It was like a competition to brag about whose was the biggest and what it could do. There were even a few foolish girls that slept around with them and later shared details.
While I may not have been suicidal enough to do such a thing, I’d seen plenty and didn’t get the hype. All dicks looked like rattlesnakes—sometimes lifeless, sometimes ready to strike.
“What’s your name? Can you tell me that?”
“Star,” I supplied willingly. I had to give the guy something.
One dark brow raised in response. “Your name is Star?”
Suddenly realizing how close we were, I nodded and stepped away from the fence, wrapping my arms around my middle.
“What’s that short for?”
