Reina’s POVThe hand clamped tightly over my mouth as the footsteps grew louder, closer…like a death knell counting down the seconds of my life. My heart clawed at my ribcage, wild, frantic, begging me to run when my body had nowhere to go.Is he one of them? Is he holding me until they catch me?Panic swelled up inside me, boiling hot, and I bit down hard, my teeth sinking into flesh. He only growled, deep and warning, the sound vibrating against my back.“Don’t make me repeat myself,” he hissed into my ear, his voice sharp, commanding. “Keep quiet.”The warning hit harder than his grip. Something in his tone froze me…an edge too controlled, too dangerous to test. So I stilled, barely daring to breathe.The man’s body pressed into mine as he moved us back, forcing me against his body until the shadows swallowed us. His hand shifted, not quite releasing me, and then…suddenly…we were moving. He dragged me with swift, precise movements, his frame covering mine as if I were some liabili
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