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Danielle POVI needed to get changed. The smell of the restaurant had settled into my clothes, clinging like smoke, and I didn’t want to carry it with me through the night. Hex walked me upstairs and showed me to the room I’d be staying in for the week. It was simple, clean, and unexpectedly quiet, like a bubble just outside the storm that brewed in the club below.She lingered in the doorway while I pulled on fresh clothes, her arms crossed as she leaned against the frame. We talked, not about much, but it was enough. She made it clear that Echo was testing Knox, pushing him harder than the others, because in some ways, he had it easier.The others weren’t allowed to even breathe near their women during their trial weeks, and here Knox was, taking me to work, helping me pack, being with me in ways the others hadn’t been allowed.I could s

Knox POVI’m not angry at her. Not even a little. She talks to him the same way she talks to everyone, all open laughter and easy conversation. It’s Hectic who’s the problem.I see the way he shifts, subtle enough that most wouldn’t notice, inching closer every time she leans in to laugh. He does it like it’s nothing, like it isn’t deliberate, but I know it is.The rules are clear. I can’t interfere, no matter what she does. Even if she decides to sleep with someone else. And I don’t think she will, not for a second. But Ghost must’ve seen how close I was to crossing that line. Must’ve seen the way my hand gripped the edge of the table, the way my knee bounced like it wanted to stand. Because he stepped in before I could.I’m grateful. Even if it costs me that easy smile on her face. Even if she th

Knox POVI nod slowly, lips pressed tight. We could’ve done all this in one trip. Easy. I know it, and the guys are definitely going to say it when they see the tiny haul. But we stretched it out. Found reasons to delay. To be together outside the walls of the clubhouse.She rifles through one of the bags, pulls out a set of clothes, and tosses them onto the bed. Then she turns, locking her eyes on mine, and smirks.Without a word, she starts stripping.I shouldn’t look. I should walk into the kitchen, grab some water, do anything except what I’m doing right now. Which is standing perfectly still, staring at the slow tease of her peeling off her shirt and letting it fall to the floor.She grins. “Shower with me.”The wink she throws over her shoulder is lethal. She disappears into the bathroom, hips swaying like she knows s

Knox POVShe breaks for me with a choked scream, body shaking apart beneath mine, legs locking around my waist as she sobs out my name. That’s when I let go. I slam into her one final time and spill inside her, groaning low against her throat, every inch of me wrapped in her heat, in her scent, in the way she moans through it like she was made for this.For me.When I finally slow, still buried deep, I press my forehead against hers, both of us panting, and wrecked.She’s smiling, smug, breathless and beautiful.“Told you it was worth it,” she whispers.I kiss her hard, then pull back just enough to look into her eyes.“Damn right it was,” I mutter. “But if you’re late for work, I’m not explaining shit.”She laughs, still catching her breath. “W

Danielle POVHe’s shouting now. Pacing. I hear the scrape of something, furniture, maybe, the crash of it hitting the wall. A picture frame shatters. A table gets overturned. I try to push myself up, just an inch, but pain knifes through my side. My vision wavers.I think he’s broken something. Maybe more than one thing.“You think I didn’t know?” he yells, voice breaking at the edges. “You think I haven’t been watching?”He grabs a fistful of my hair and drags my head up. I scream, clutching at his wrist, trying to twist away. The world spins, smeared in red and gold, and I taste blood at the back of my throat.“You tried to leave me before,” he snarls, crouched beside me now. His eyes are wild, his breath hot against my skin. “I stopped you then, didn’t I? Say it. Didn’t I stop you?”