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I loved her I loved her! I wanted to love her so badly!

Instead, I was a dead girl

Kaspar’s hands tightened

He leaned closer, putting all his weight onto my neck

Out of time

Never got a chance

Never given much

Penny’s eyes

So beautiful

Big and gorgeous

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Kaspar

Present Day

Chicago

I crunched over broken glass

The pizza place was aThe front counter was riddled with bullet holes and blood covered the ovens like exploded sauce I avoided puddles of entrails and a couple of corpses, still waruns

Michaels ot him tied up” My mercenary looked sweaty and very htly

“Take me”

The back was a giant pantry alongside a walk-in freezer Maeve’s man was tied up to a chair in the freezer He wore a nice suit splattered with gore and his lips were blue when I stepped inside

“Shut this thing off,” I said, gesturing toward the fan

Michaels relayed my order Maeve’s man watched me with hard eyes

AIt was still cold as fuck, but at least it would be bearable soon

I crouched down in front of the captive and aze

I held it I wanted him to know my face I was the man that would hurt him, hurt him, hurt him, until he screamed and died or told me what I wanted to know

Then he’d die

But first, he had to be given hope

“You knoho I am”

He nodded, didn’t speak

“Good Then you knohy I’m here”

“I can’t tell you where she is”

“You can, but you won’t”

“I can’t If I talked, my family would be killed”