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he was only pressing himself more firmly into her hands, the thin sweater he wore doing little to mask the firm musculature of his body, the soft strength of his chest. The distracting heat and sensation of him was proving altogether too intimate an experience.

She did not want to know him like this.

- and now you're picking a fight when you know full well that I won't lift a finger against you - that I can't, even if I'd love nothing more than to see your smart mouth shut forever.

Her anger only intensified. "You are despicable."

"And you are the worst coward," he said. "Even while you pretend at bravery."

"How dare you," she said, her fists clenching. "How dare you slander my person when you know nothing about me-"

"A hypocrite, too, how divine," he said lazily.

"Of all the trials I've recently endured," he said, turning his face up to the sky. "You are by far the most excruciating."

"I'm pleased to hear it."

"It's not a compliment. "And I will not fight you"

"Then let me go"

He made a small bow, a faint gesture with his hand. "Go."

Without a doubt she'd bewitched him.

Why else would his heart beat this hard at the prospect of discussing her? Why else did he feel a strange flutter in his chest, a terrible joy at the thought of looking through her things?

Kamran remained where he stood, his mind reeling.
He hated the way his body reacted to the mere mention of her; to the sound of her name, spoken aloud.

Alizeh stood on tiptoe, asking with her body that he come closer - which he did, drawing toward her then without seeming to realize what he'd done, not until she nearly grazed the shell of his ear with her lips, when she whispered, for all the world as if they were playful lovers, "Choose your weapon, sire."

Cyrus drew back

"This is terribly inconvenient for me, But I'Il have to kill you now” alizeh said

Steeling herselt, she said softly: "Very well."
"You will come willingly?" Cyrus asked. "You will marry me without protest?"

They were close enough then that Alizeh could touch him had she wanted to. She could lift a finger to the silky copper lock curling across his forehead, his golden skin gleaming in the reflected light. His blue eyes were luminescent and somehow frigid

“Let me be clear: I have absolutely no intention of becoming your daughter-in-law, nor would I recommend leaving me alone with your son, who I'm liable to murder without warning”

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"Your son," Alizeh said, "is a liar. A scoundrel. And a criminal. In the short time I've spent in his excruciating company I've already been exposed to his rudeness, his cruelty, and his disgusting arrogance, and if I'd not decided he might prove useful to me in the short term, I would've killed him already.“