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Her lips part. God, what I would give to bite down on those lips right now. The things I’d do. The prices I’d pay.

“I knew you would refuse me,” she admits.

“But you came anyway. See?” I say triumphantly. “It is a game.”

“You call it a game; I call it survival.” Her breath catches for a moment and, just when I think she’s done talking, she says, “Yes, I came here even when I knew you would say no.