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She stepped into ed her like never before, reat portion ofmy sister, this was perhaps the first tihtened for her She was going to be alone with this aniuard, no shield, no sword Just her pretty self and this beast And it fucked with my head

“Call ; you call me,” I whispered into her ear, and she squeezed me

“Promise me you won’t call him” was all she returned, and I didn’t have to ask who she was talking about I sensed so there, but noas not the time

“I can’t do that”

“Let’s go,” Roa impatiently for her to move

Anika straightened, but she kept her eyes onher body to maintain eye contact “Don’t call him, Vik”

I would not pro Not when it came to her safety

At the door, Roa with blatant undertone, “Don’t wait up”

It took everything I had not to head down to ht between the eyes

My anger hadout of my skin Fuck I wanted to kill hi myself out of a very sticky situation

But at what cost?

Froet the door for Anika, and once she slipped into his black, futuristic-looking Mercedes Benz, ot in, the car started, and htened

She was gone I couldn’t protect her

My ained focus I wished I hadn’t when I turned to face her Her misery cut me all over Even more so when she whispered a broken, “What have you done?”

It felt like I’d been cut in two “I’ll fix this”

“No,” h work No aze on me and thundered, “No more!”

My heart broke “I can fix this, Pops,” I tried to explain “I’ve been trying to fix this”

My father looked at utted me whole What he said haunted me “Who asked you to?”