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He stares, the fight draining from his face

Then he nods

Because he understands that he’s in the roo animal now

I turn and see that s over to Sparky and leans down, scooping him up

My chest expands, but I fight it all done

Fight Kill Protect

That’s all I am now

“Damian, what do we do?” she whimpers

“Go back to the bedroo”

So inShe stares at me for a moment and then her eyes settle, and she nods Because she knows, too, that Damian isn’t here anymore

I’uns taken from the Bratva and I’ve been trained to kill my whole life

She goes, and I raise the guns and stalk toward the door I nudge it open and peer up and down the hallway

It’s silent, too damn silent

After all the noise we just made, the whole place should be alive with activity

I shut the door, and then drag the heavyand sweat sliding down my skin I cross paths with the men

I notice that one is still unconscious from the bloith the vase, but the one beneath the cabinet is just pretending to be unconscious, his body too stiff, his breathing irregular

He’s waiting

I pass hie

He springs atthe whole force of the ainst the floor with my fist

He cries out and then grows dead-quiet, stiffening for a ain, deep in violent dreams

“You try to takeup “My family?”

Dakota co the sweatpants and T-shirt I ordered for her Even now, I can’t help but indulge in the way the T-shirt clings to her breasts, still suck-me-now round and juicy even in her bra Her nipples are needy as fuck and still stick through