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The Person in The Hoodie.

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Raelynn.

I turn swiftly, putting everything I learned from my one-month self-defense camp in Miami to use. I grab the person’s hand, twisting it behind their back… or at least, I try to.

Before I can even touch them, they catch my wrist effortlessly, twisting my arm behind my own back instead.

“Relax,” a deep, smooth voice murmurs, the kind that wraps around you like a blanket, only this one feels like it might suffocate you. “I’m not going to bite.”

It’s a guy.

My pulse hammers violently in my chest. “Then let me go, you psycho!”

He scoffs, like he’s amused, and releases me.

I whip around, glaring. “What the hell is wrong with you?! You scared me!”

He doesn’t even flinch. “Didn’t realize you were so easy to scare.”

What the hell?

My eyes narrow as suspicion settles in my stomach. Who just sneaks up on someone like that?

That’s when I actually get a good look at him.

He’s tall, probably taller than Grayson, around 6'4, lean but not scrawny. The sides of his hair are buzzed low, and th
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