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Austyn twirled a strand of her hair around his fingers. ‘I’ve dealt with men worse than him before. Santoro wouldn’t make it to the top ten of the most vicious bastards I’ve seen. I let him think he’d won, but I was just playing for time. If I wanted, I could’ve killed him in less than a minute.’ Kira knew he was telling the truth. He’d wrested the gun away from Santoro and overpowered the man easily. ‘I had to buy time for Luca and Damian. Once their men took out the mercenaries, busting Santoro would be a piece of cake. The only miscalculation had been the bombs. Which turned out to be fake, by the way.’ And the other surprise was Gideon, who sprang out of nowhere. Austyn poked Kira’s cheek. ‘Were you touched when Gideon took a bullet for you?’ ‘Yes,’ Kira answered honestly. Austyn poked her harder. ‘Hey!’ Kira moved her head away. She pulled back to watch his face. Austyn’s eyes were downcast. His lips were pressed tightly together. ‘I was very touched when Gideon took the bullet fo