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Sasha sily Bleeding Hearts was the hottest joint on this side of town Of course it did well We were killing the coht

And because I really didn’t like Roa blankly, “Yeah Not bad for the daed, the reckless, and the mad”

Roarin Shaking his finger in my face “I knew I liked you And I am rarely impressed Ballsy as fuck, I tell ya” He then licked his lips and said, “What do I have to do to get a drink around here?”

Lev muttered an impassive, “Ask for it”

Roa man “Whisky neat”

But Lev did not move No one did We waited, and as we did, Roa his discreet leather shoulder holster and shiny silver piece He placed his jacket neatly onto the clean bar, then re the up the sleeves of the crisp white shirt under the tailored, navy vest

All eyes were drawn to him, yet my oere trained on the door

With every second that passed, I found it harder and harder to breathe The anticipation was killing me

The sound of approaching footsteps had le step forward, and the h hand on her upper arm, a coarse sack over her head, I saw red

My heart beat behind h aze locked on her as an to et oon who had his hands on h to rip thehands off of her,” before shoving hih to make him stumble

My stance known, the second goon stepped back with his hands up, and the second I looked down at her, I finally began to breathe again My heart beat off-rhyth out, I carefully re away the darkness

The moment our eyes met, her pretty face went from mad to miserable, and her shoulders slumped She breathed out, “Vik,” and the entire world fell away

It was a plea A prayer An antidote to the poison she sed

It was everything

She was everything

My heart My soul My very reason for existing in this shitty, fucked-up realht to separate us What we had was per but death could part us, and even then, I’d spendfor her

Without Nastasia, life si

My throat tight I sed past it, reached out, and pulled her intomy chin on the crown of her head, I spoke low, “I need to hear you say it Tell me you’re okay, baby”