This man possessed an alien beauty that was almost painful to look at. His dark hair was cropped close and spiky. Stubble dusted a jawline I feared was sharper than Samkiel’s. His dark tunic blended with the shadows, and I hadn’t realized how tall he was until he stepped from their depths. I hated that I had to lean back to look up at him. It made me feel submissive to a predator who thought he had an advantage over me. His tunic was open almost to his navel, displaying a sculpted chest and far more abs than you would expect to find on a man. Necklaces encircled his throat, some short, others
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