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in the crowd. The minute Beck stepped out, the crowd fell silent and

the whispering began. Every eye in the arena was on the big, dark-

haired man with the stormy gray eyes.

“He is a bad ass.” Dante sat back down. He opened his jacket and

pulled out what looked like an iPad. He pushed the screen a few times

and then touched his ear. Meg hadn’t noticed it before, but there was a

small device in his ear. “Yeah, give me my sister. Hey, Susie, you

gotta dump all the stock we have with the Palgrave funds. No, I am

not out drinking. Listen to me. Kinsey Palgrave is about to fight Beck.

Yes, that’s what I said. Even if Beck lets him live, he’ll be out of

commission for weeks. His even dumber brother will be acting CEO.

Dump it now before the price goes down. You’re welcome.” He

smiled smugly at Meg. “That will teach them to call me a screwup.”

“How many does he have to fight?” It was starting to sink in that

this was really happening. These men would fight. The one who was

left standing would expect her to go home with him. She would be his

slave.

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“Stop panicking,” Dante said, leaning back negligently. “It is all

going to be fine. You’ll love Beck, and you’ll be crazy about Cian.

No woman can resist Cian when he’s on his game. They’ll treat you

like a princess. This is going to be a piece of cake for him. There’s

only twenty-five, no, there they go…fifteen to fight. Wow, they must

be desperate. I was sure we’d get it down under ten.”

A group of men shook their heads in disgust or fear and walked

out of the arena.

“They don’t want to fight the great Beckett Finn,” Rhys said with

no small amount of pride. “He’s a legend across the planes. The

vampires will stay because of pride. If the word got out that they paid

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