Scarlett"Up, Red. Daylight’s burning."A heavy hand shook my shoulder, startling me awake.I gasped, sitting bolt upright on the mattress. The second I moved, every muscle in my body protested with a deep, dull ache from yesterday’s shattered shift.Maddox stood over my bed.He was wearing a tight, charcoal-gray sleeveless compression shirt and worn black sweatpants that hung low on his hips. His scarred jaw was rough with morning stubble, blond hair messy, his thick tattooed arms crossed over a ridiculous chest. He smelled like cedar soap and clean sweat, looking entirely too good for seven in the morning.Stop it, I scolded myself, ripping my eyes away from the cut of his collarbones. He’s a walking menace. Stop thirsting over the guy who literally pinned you to the floor last week."What do you want, Maddox?" I groaned, rubbing my eyes and dragging the duvet up to my chin. "My body feels like it got dragged behind a truck.""We're intensifying your training," he said, totally unim
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