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His Surrender

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Rook POV

Mercer doesn’t move and I can see the thoughts running behind his eyes, the way his jaw tightens just slightly, the way his chest rises and falls unevenly. He’s processing.

Processing the fact that I let Axel fight me, that I still won and that I tortured Axel before all of that.

I should be focused on his reaction, but instead, all I can focus on is how fucking close he is to me right now. The space between us is gone. I can see the tension in his body, see the way he’s still lingering, hovering, not pulling away.

That's interesting. I grin, tilting my head slightly, watching him. “You look surprised, Mercer.”

His eyes flick up to mine, and I can see it, the battle raging inside his stupid, stubborn brain. He doesn’t want to care, but he does. Doesn’t want to acknowledge it, but he’s standing here, close enough to feel my breath, looking at me like I just did something unexpected.

I did, didn’t I? He expected Axel to be dead. Expected me to kill him outright, not play with h
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