Nickolai’s POV The sight before me ignites something primal. Jace, flushed, trembling. Umar, inches from him, his hand still hovering near his skin. For a heartbeat, silence. The three of us were frozen in the thick air. Then my smile spreads, slow and sharp, like the pull of a trigger. “Well,” I murmur, voice smooth as silk laced with venom. “What do we have here?” Umar spins, his stance defensive, his glare locked on me. “Get away from him,” he spits. I laugh, low and dangerous. The sound makes Jace flinch. “From him?” My gaze drifts to Jace, my Jace, who looks like a deer caught between two predators. I step inside, the door slamming shut behind me. “You’re standing much too close to what belongs to me.” Umar bristles. “He doesn’t belong to you.” My eyes narrow. “Everything about him belongs to me. His smile. His fear. His breath.” My hand tilts Jace’s chin toward me. His lips part with a shaky gasp. “Even this.” Umar lunges. My men outside pound on the door instantly, b
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