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December 27 - December 28, 2024
“I’d like to prove to the council that there is a new way. And if approved—I’d like you to work your way into the thirteenth room. That would be the most effective way to prove this point.” Without hesitation—without even a breath to consider—the word tumbles out—“Deal.”
He has a face that doesn’t seem to belong anywhere, like a gem in the rough from another world. Perhaps from another time, another era of gentlemen. Immediately, I’m forced to redefine what I thought was once handsome. A jaw of stubble and a defining line that could cut through a hand that tries to caress it. Skin smooth with a light shade of bronze. Highly perched cheekbones and evenly proportioned, dark eyebrows. But it’s his eyes—his eyes I cannot break away from. I thought I’d be paralyzed with fear. I thought his eyes would slice into me and leave me cold to the touch. Make me realize I
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“If I had a heart—that might have worked on me.”
While keeping his eyes on me, he undoes his shackles and grabs my hand.
Dessin broods at my side, arm flexed and veins swelling under his skin. He came back. “I’ll thank you kindly to keep your hands off of my conformist,”

