Blood and Badge
It was more intimate than any touch.
“You see too much,” he whispered, the words almost a confession.
“It’s why you kept me,” she countered, her own voice barely audible. “Not just because you caught me. Because you need someone who sees. Someone who isn’t already part of the game.”
He didn’t deny it. He lifted a hand, and for a heart-stopping moment, she thought he would touch her face. Instead, he traced the air just beside her cheek, a phantom caress.
“The game is changing,” he said, his eyes holding hers, a current of raw, dangerous understanding passing between them. “The rules are shifting. And when that happens, pieces get swept off the board.”
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