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CHAPTER ONE

“Stop right there, bitch!”

Snapping her gaze from her cell phone to the pistol now aimed at her head, Harper Wallis froze Well, shit She couldn’t deny that she had so a deun pointed at her by a huged up to his eyeballs… well, it just felt like the universe was being a little unfair, that’s all

“Put the phone on the ground!”

She so didn’t have time for this She’d taken a quick break from work so she could head to the ATM —

“Put the phone on the ground!”

“Do I really have to?” The floor of the alley was covered in griments, and dirty rain puddles Then there were those dubious-looking stains…

“Don’t make me repeat myself”

With an inward sigh, Harper slowly did as he asked

Note to self: Stop taking shortcuts through alleys It wasn’t exactly a scenic route with the du food… although the graffiti was pretty cool The artist definitely had potential

“Hands up and keep them up!”

She raised her hands, all the while staring into blue eyes that flickered with nervousness Sparky here wasn’t as confident as he was trying to appear But he had every reason to feel at least a little confident They were alone except for the rats, she was small where he was burly, and he had a weapon while she was unarht Not that the stiletto knife tucked into her boot was going to do her un

Really, she should know better This area of North Las Vegas was high in criht in The Wallis de exactly what all i, and, of course, breaking and entering Although Harper was a sphinx like her mother, she’d been raised by her paternal family and was an imp by nature

“Now throw me your purse!”

“You told me to keep my hands up,” she pointed out

“Well, now I’ive me your damn purse”

Okay, that was going to be a proble to hand it over to anyone