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He watched her in silence, and by the time the candy

was half gone, she was shaking a little less, thinking a

little clearer.

The whole thing was insane. She was sitting in a

room that had been turned into a slaughterhouse, sucking on a lollipop.

“Think I jumped down the rabbit hole. Head first.”

Again, the whisper of a smile. “You think?”

Her heart slammed against her ribs. She couldn’t

look away from his face. A part of her didn’t want to.

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If she looked away, she wouldn’t see him come for her.

She wouldn’t have a hope in hell of escape.

Shedidn’thave a hope in hell. She’d seen how fast

he moved. Inhumanly fast, his hands a blur. But some

corner of her mind was convinced that if she just kept

him in her sights, she’d stay alive.

Stupid, really.

Reaching out, he caught her right hand and dragged

it forward, her puny resistance no deterrent. His touch

was firm, his skin warm. She was hyperaware of their

contact, skin to skin. Turning her palm up, then down,

he examined her torn wrist. Then he did the same with

her left hand.

And there she was, shaking like a leaf the whole

time, even though he hadn’t made a single threatening

move toward her. But he’d told her he wasn’t here to

free her, then he’d gone ahead and done exactly that.

He’d wrapped her in his jacket and he’d fed her candy.

She wasn’t a fan of contradictions. Besides—her gaze

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