"You shouldn't be in here."The voice came from directly behind me—so close I felt his breath against the back of my neck, raising every hair on my body.I whirled around, and my stomach dropped straight through the floor.Julian Kingston. Jesus Christ. He was taller than I'd realized when I'd caught glimpses of him earlier tonight—broader too, filling the doorway like he owned not just the space but the air in it. And those eyes. Dark, unreadable, tracking my every micro-movement like I was prey that had just made a fatal mistake.Which, let's be honest, I probably had."I was just—" My voice came out wrong. Too high. Too guilty. "The door was open, I thought—""Shh." He pressed one finger to my lips, and the casual intimacy of it made my breath stop. "Let's not start this by lying to each other, Elena."Before I could move, his hand shot out and wrapped around my wrist. Not bruising, not violent, but absolutely unbreakable. When I tried to step around him — because what else was I s
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