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11: Breaking Point

Author: Fallenwild
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I can hear raised voices coming from the parking lot and I run toward them, my heels clicking on the pavement, and when I round the corner I see them next to a black SUV.

Rhys has his back to me and the other man is standing in front of him with his hands on Rhys’s shoulders, talking to him in a low urgent voice that I can’t quite hear.

“What’s happening?” I call out.

They both turn and Rhys’s eyes flash that gold color for just a second before fading back to gray, and he takes a step toward me but the other man blocks him.

“Stay there,” the man says to me. “Don’t come closer.”

“Why not?”

“Because he needs a minute.” The man looks at Rhys.

Rhys is breathing hard, his chest heaving, and he’s staring at me with an intensity that makes me want to take a step back.

“I’m fine.” His voice is rough. “Let go of me, Kade.”

So this is Kade, the one he called on the phone.

Kade steps back slowly, keeping himself positioned between me and Rhys. “You sure about that?”

“I’m
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