Body Checked (Center Ice Book 1) (25 page)
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Authors: Katherine Stark
Tags: #sex, #criminals, #athlete, #explicit, #crime, #romance, #Sports, #college, #hockey, #new adult, #russian, #FBI, #mafia
I grin again, not even bothering to feign modesty. “Thanks.”
Then a tiny crease appears in her brow, marring that otherwise creamy expanse of skin. “Now, you said you were drafted into the Eagles straight out of college.”
I nod, acutely aware of the small tendril of sweat forming at my temple. Where is she going with this?
“Is that a yes?” she asks, tone as crisp as a slap. “I’ll need you to give verbal responses, Mister Wright.”
Right. Never leave a blank space for the spin doctors to fill in on their own. Get it together, Marcus. “Yes, I was.”
She leans closer toward me, and I catch a whiff of her perfume. Something smoky, classic, sensual. A little dangerous. It suits her. “You went to the College of Jefferson and Adams in the Shenandoah Valley. But . . .” Her expression sharpens, like she’s going in for the kill. “You didn’t actually graduate. You went straight into the majors without finishing your degree.”
You know that moment in a dream, when you know you’re about to die, but you’re right on the verge of waking up, so at least you know it’ll be over soon? This moment feels like that. Except without the relief of knowing I can wake up from this. My fingertips start to go numb. Something cold and dark has taken root in me, and it’s all been planted there by this calm, unbelievably controlling, unbearably hot vengeful Valkyrie before me.
This is it. The moment it all comes crashing down. Everything I’ve tried to put behind me, every door I’ve locked and thrown away the key to. I don’t know how, but she knows it. She knows there’s something worth digging for inside of me.
But if she digs deep enough, there won’t be any of me left.
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