"So decisive", he murmured in that calm tone that had adrenaline flooding her body, the primitive part of her brain conscious she was in the presence of a predator. "Got your eye on someone?" She didnโt know what made her say it. "No. But I have no plans to die a virgin."
Nalini SinghSome wounds should be healed, no matter how much time has passed or how much time is left.
Nalini SinghAnd he realized... that fragile, mortal life wasn't just important to him. It was more important than his own.
Nalini SinghWhen the kid began to flag, Riley picked her up, swung her onto his back, and kept running. The leopard in Mercy growled in approval - whatever his faults (and they were many and legend), Riley knew how to take care of the innocent.
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