The Killer's Kitten
She realized, suddenly, how much she'd been missing it—the way it settled in her chest like something warm and unearned.
He sat down across from her. Picked up the pen she'd left on the counter. "You read the fine print?"
"I read the first page."
"Then you didn't read it."
He pulled the contract toward him. His eyes moved across the text with the same precision she'd seen him use when he was checking sightlines, assessing threats, calculating exits. The same focus. The same stillness.
She watched him. His silver hair fell across his forehead. His jaw was tight with concentration. His finger traced each line as he read, stopping at every comma, every semicolon, every clause she hadn't even no
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