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𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝.
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𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨.
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.
𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.
𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐧.
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝.

𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐫.
𝐃𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚.
𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐫.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭.
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She was too professional. Too well-trained to submit to him.
He didn't trust her. She was too controlled, too secretive.
She didn't trust him. Every part felt like a game, and she was just a pawn.
She finds herself dragged deeper into the world she swore to avoid and into the hands of the monster she swore to stay away from; Rhys Adair.
But her fascination with him became irresistible, threatening to consume everything she swore to protect.