An Acceptable Distance
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Stand up straight.
Lift your chin.
Smile.
Don't let them see you're bleeding.
Don't let them smell your fear.
Ezra is carving her own path.
Escaping the polished prison of the Halcyon last name.
She's going to college, bartending at Luckies, and chasing the ordinary.
Finally getting far enough away that she can breathe without drowning.
Until a man with too shiny shoes and an unreadable expression walks into the bar.
Rhett Salvador.
He knows too much.
Notices everything.
Watches her with something that doesn't feel like hunger.
It feels like precision.
Controlled. Dangerous. Impossible to ignore.
When Ezra discovers a secret that's buried in her family empire, Rhett is the only person standing between her and the people willing to do anything to keep her quiet.
The closer she gets to the truth-
The harder it is to tell the difference between protection and control.
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