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Itor anything unusual in this place, but because he cared so much He carried those other people’s choices and failures around as his own, and in a place like this the weight of that had to be enor to carry the world and all its messed-up ways on his back

Those crystalline eyes cut over toon

“How about you? This place needs a hazmat team to clean it up Did you sleep?”

“No I grabbed the phone and bolted I didn’t even grab a change of clothes and I don’t even have my real ID To the rest of the world I’m still Jill Parker Reeve Black doesn’t exist”

“Jesus This just gets better and better”

“OhhhhI don’t think we’ve even begun to see the worst of it yet”

He groaned out a sord and curled his hands into tight fists at his sides The tick was back in his jaw but there was so where it started to fade into sohter He was mented parts that were left of my soul to burn with him

“How far are you willing to go with all of this, Reeve? What’s the limit?”

I didn’t understand what he was asking hter and leaned forward intently “There is no lio to jail, and neither one of those is very appealing I know I don’t deserve a second chance, but I’h to want to take one for myself anyway”

“You know Conner is going to come for you, but have you even considered the other threats? My brother is just as dangerous and just as unpredictable as Roark and you had a direct hand in getting the only girl he has ever cared about abducted and sliced up And I bet you never even thought about Nassir That guy is a blackhearted monster He’s ot his hands on one of his girls and worked her over He’s the type that would use you just like you’re saying, to draw out his prey, only he wouldn’t care if you e alive or not You have more than one enemy here”

His words were chilling in their frankness and they brought goose bu shaky and I hated revealing that weakness in front of him

HeHe reached out a hand and put a finger under ain locked in an unwavering gaze His eyes were so light now there was almost no color in them at all It made him look fierce and wild

“I am the only person on your side and I am there reluctantly”

“Ouch”

I went to lower my lashes so I didn’t have to see how he really felt about aze

“But as much as it pains me to say it, we can help each other out In fact I think the only way to do this with ether I want Roark and you want to keep your ass covered, and to do that, we need to be attached at the hip”

I frowned at hi, Detective?”