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Kyle I stare at Rai’s back as she leaves the house. Her steps are confident and wide, with a gentle sway of her hips I’m sure she doesn’t even notice having. Beneath the ice-cold exterior, there’s a feminine side she crushed and burned before it was able to blossom. But it’s not completely dead. Not even close. My lips twitch at the prospect of thrusting myself into her life and exploiting those hidden parts of her, the ones kept under lock and key. My gaze follows her all the way to the entrance even though one of her most loyal soldiers, Katia, meets her and accompanies her outside. And yes, only Rai would specifically choose a woman as one of her closest guards. She always did things differently while flipping the world her middle finger. I’ll be the exception in that world. She thinks she can go to war with me, but what she doesn’t know is that the war already started a long time ago. Her cards were already dealt, and all she can do is play her role as previously planned. It would