THIRD PERSON'S POINT OF VIEW"Let me help you with that—"The slap landed hard across Lucian's face, a stinging rebuke that silenced him in one swift motion. Nothing like this had ever happened to him, a man accustomed to deference, to unquestioning obedience—not from a woman, and certainly not one smaller than him, her frame delicate but held rigid with defiance, an unexpected challenge to his authority.He clicked his tongue, a low sound of annoyance, his gaze sweeping over her again, assessing her. Her right hand braced against the cold tile of the wall for balance, her knuckles white with tension, her left hung frozen in the air, still trembling with the force of her strike. Defenseless, yes, stripped of her sight, vulnerable. Weak? Not by a long shot. One wrong move from him, one act of aggression, would send her crumpling to the floor, defenseless against his superior strength—and yet she'd found the nerve to fight back, to defy him. A rare breed, indeed, a fascinating paradox.
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