Chapter 56: Not Defending, Just Cleaning

Chapter 56: Not Defending, Just Cleaning

Liam’s hand moved before his brain issued the instruction.

His thumb traced a slow, steady path across Elizabeth’s cheekbone, wiping away the blood that had landed there from the last Naga kill, the gesture as automatic and certain as the way he checked the temperature of a pan before committing to the heat. His eyes stayed forward, tracking the horde, his hand acting entirely independently of the part of him that was supposed to be running tactical calculations.

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