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Dan was gasping for breath.

Right now, standing before him, Yvonne looked every bit the judge and jury. And he—well, he couldn't get a single word out in his defense.

She... yeah. She wasn't stupid. Not one bit.

The first time Dan met Yvonne, he'd known she was sharp as a tack. That's why, every move he made around her, he was extra careful.

But now, with Dan clamming up in front of her, Yvonne's voice turned into a low, growling demand. "Answer me."

Scar burst into the room just in time to find Yvonne with her hand clamped tight around Dan's throat, squeezing harder and harder.

He rushed forward, desperate to pull her off. "Ms. Quinn, you can't do this to our boss!"

"Bang!" Before he could even react, Yvonne's boot connected with Scar and sent him crashing to the floor.

Fury radiated from Yvonne, and it seemed to give her even more strength. Scar hit the ground hard, groaning.

Yvonne's grip on Dan's neck only tightened. Scar looked over, panic in his eyes, at Dan's calm, almost resigned face. "Sir!" he shouted.

But Dan just kept his eyes locked on Yvonne, neither fighting back nor looking away.

He was gambling-gambling on whatever feelings Yvonne might still have for him, hoping that maybe, just maybe, she'd hesitate.

eyes for even a flicker of mercy, maybe a little

Nothing.

nothing he'd hoped for. Just cold

wild with desperation. That finally

Yvonne was trying to kill Dan, then Scar had no reason to hold anything back. "You witch!"

left his mouth before Yvonne drove her boot straight into his knee. She was too fast-Scar never

sat there on

flicked back to him, dark and murderous. Dan's

him senseless when she thought he'd slept with her. And now, after finding out he was the one pulling the strings at Black Gate, she

Of course.

her eyes wasn't pain or regret it

narrowed her eyes. "You

At those words, his heart

shaky laugh.

makes you trust Xander so damn much? What kind of

come back from Yoreland. And the first thing she did was come after him? Where

he thought about

twisted with disgust

across the face. "You dang up Xander?"

matter who you name-drop, it doesn't cover

you left