Chapter 28: Joyla looks backward, moves forward

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Joyla twisted into an impossible knot, slid her legs in a complicated twining, then shot her hips forward. Rex’ arm was suddenly distended, her leg across his throat, pain threatening his elbow. He tapped.

“Good choice.” She released him. They rolled apart.

“You think?” He lay panting for a minute. “You let me beat you that night.”

“Yes.”

“So what changed? And what does it have to do with the target who winked at me and killed my…