ate their mission and purpose, and with very little feeling, explain that the end result of their victim\u2019s death will benefit an entire race.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nThen again, what do I know?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nThere\u2019s always the slim chance that plenty of killers are far more civil seconds before committing such a depraved act, but how would any of us ever be privy to those morbid details when the victims never live to share said details?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nI knew I\u2019d never live long enough to share mine.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nThe well-muscled warrior standing several feet in front of me had made that abundantly clear. I studied him intently, deciding it would be best to memorize every inch of him in case I managed to escape and succeeded in describing my would-be assassin to the local authorities.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nRight! My need to drink in his image had absolutely nothing to do with his six-foot frame, broad shoulders, sharp, chiseled features, and flawless, crystal-blue orbs framed by a sturdy brow.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nWeren\u2019t murderers supposed to be ugly, unkempt psychos? This guy was a carbon copy of most of the Abercrombie models I lived to drool over. He had an otherworldly look and feel to him, and his clothing appeared to be made out of some kind of forest-green leather. His hands were gloved up to his knuckles, and his skin let off a golden, florescent glow.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nI might have attributed his all-too-perfect tan to the San Diego weather, but I doubted other men in the vicinity were capable of making their skin glitter slightly whenever the sun\u2019s rays kissed them. I didn\u2019t think someone as imposing as this guy would have spent time throwing gold body glitter all over himself, but I couldn\u2019t figure out what else he\u2019d done to get his skin to shimmer like that. He looked like a warm summer evening, and smelled like the earth after a spring rain.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nHis hair was shoulder-length, shiny, and lightning white. Not the kind of graying white you might find on your local senior citizen, but the kind that looks like heaven.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nHis movements as he studied me and my dingy apartment were stiff and watchful. His expression was that of guarded curiosity, and when my cat, Nala, made a small whining noise from my bedroom down the hall, his stance came to attention and his arm muscles went taut as he withdrew a small dagger from a sheath at his waist.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nHonestly, where had this guy come from, and why weren\u2019t we dating?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nOh, yeah. He was here to kill me.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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