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A well-defined brow led to a straight nose and sharp cheekbones His lips were lush and his softest feature His square jaw, his harshest feature, was dusted with dark stubble

But his eyesoh, tristo hrmenych, his eyes They were a combination of both, soft yet harsh and pure carnality They were the color of a sunset, blazing with different shades of gold and copper

He and his friends stopped just below the dais

"Ladies and genitals" The black-haired soldier--agent?--spread his arive us a moment of your time"

Alek puffed up with fury "Who are you? Better yet, do you knoho I a a quick sweep of his surroundings He even looked Katarina up and down, taking in the wedding gown Alek selected for her--a strapless monstrosity with a corset top and a wide, full skirt layered with satin roses His mouth curved in distaste

She raised her chin, even as her cheeks burned with e Alek "You have a coin" His accent Greek, perhaps? "Give it to hed his patented you-only-have-uards unsheathed their guns, waiting for the signal to strike "You’ll have to be norance will do you no good"

Alek gave his most trusted enforcer, who now blocked the door at the back of the roonal

The enforcer ai Which was unnecessary The redhead was already er The tip sank into the enforcer’s eye socket

Blood spurted, a howl of pain echoing frorip, useless, and he dropped to his knees

Katarina’s scream tapered into a whimper The redhead had justwithout any hesitationso brutal

The woh the exit, their heels click-clacking against the floor tiles

"My next victim will lose more than an eye," the redhead said with cool detachrinned "Baden, et a ten-point bonus So proud of you right now"