The Price Of Her Mercy
His eyes catch the rose before they catch me, his face changes, hardens, a curtain of rage and terror drops over his expression.
“Where was it?” he asks, voice low. I can't speak. I just nod toward the pillow.
"Fuck!" He yells, not in anger, but fear.
He crosses the room in three long strides, scoops the rose from the floor, examines it like it’s wired to explode. “This isn’t a prank,” he murmurs. “The security lockdown was active.”
I swallow. “I know.” I whisper
He turns toward me, slower this time, and the sharp edges of his expression soften, not because he’s calm, but because he’s trying not to scare me more. Jackson has many faces, his fear-face is the rarest. It's raw, vulnerable, stri
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