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Fire floods into ht I may never have met Sparky – I may have just ed when he realized as happening

Just for a second, the gruff shield fell and pain lanced into his features

“What the fuck?” Damian snaps into the cellphone

A pause, and then Damian explodes

“You’re sorry? You sold me out, Jenkins You sold me out and now you’ve put the life of an innocent anier Wait—Jenkins, Jenkins Motherfuck”

“What?” I gasp

He looks coldly athis teeth

“They killed my contact,” he murmurs

“Who did?”

“The Bratva,” he says “Andrei, Dobry’s older brother Jenkins betrayedto take Sparky because they know it’ll force me to come to them”

“Well, then,” I say fiercely “We better not let that happen”

For the briefest moment, he smirks, but then he becomes deadly serious

“Stay here,” he says “I’ll handle this”

“Wait,” I say quickly, placing ain, which feels far ht to

“I want to help Please, let ”

Daets even louder

“Okay,” Daet far away froet to safety I can’t let anything happen to you”

Why, Damian? Do you feel for me like I feel for you?

I beat that thought down

Even if this wasn’t the craziest scenario ever – even if ere just two regular people in a club – he’d never go foralphas He could have any woirl with the messed up past and the hopeless future?

Thiselse Maybe it’s as si a civilian to die on his watch, with all the

Or maybe it’s more—

No, I won’t let myself hope

“Dakota,” he snaps “Do we have a deal?”

“Yes, I’ll be safe,” I whisper “I promise”