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And it had nothing to do with the blade in her hand.

I stepped away from her slowly. Unbuttoned my shirt and pulled it free.

“You aim for what bleeds fastest.”

Silence settled heavily between us.

Then I guided her wrist upward.

Slowly.

Carefully.

I tilted my head back and exposed my throat to her completely.

A small sound escaped her.

Her hand trembled violently in mine.

The edge kissed my skin.

“Right here,” I murmured quietly. “This is where you end him.”

Not even my pulse changed.

One hundred thousand dollars.

They sold her like she belonged to them.

I pressed the blade harder until I felt the sting.

They were wrong.

“Again.”

I guided her wrist lower.

My stomach.

My groin.

My heart.

“These are the places you stay.”

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“These,” his fingers closed around my wrist. The tip of the blade pressed to his chest. “Are the places you stay.”

A tiny prick. Blood beaded instantly.

My breath caught.

He didn’t flinch.

Didn’t even seem to notice.