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“That episode took her way back The look on her face wasn’t just fear; it was beyond that,” I agreed, re the hollow desolation in her eyes as she stared off, unfocused and frozen I was just glad she’d gotten the guy before she spaced out If she hadn’t, that distraction would have gotten her killed “Should we get someone to watch out for her?”

“I’rasp at subtlety She’s way too independent, and if she sees the at the idea Keir stirred in his seat, and I didn’t want to think too hard about what reaction he was likely having to the idea of our girl painted in the gore of a fresh kill

“You know, I thought after I lost her back then, that we’d never find soh to stick around or survive it I’ my plate toward Ky as well He took a bite and chewed slowly, thinking it over

“We don’t technically have her She just said she was out” His reain

“Oh, she’s not out Sana doesn’t have a choice anymore She’s ours, and she needs us like we need her We’ll just have to show her what that means”

“I couldn’t agree more, brother We aren’t the type for subtleties, and she’s not the type for bullshit We’ll show her what it means to be a queen,” I said with a smirk

She’d always hated being called princess, and I didn’t have to guess why Her family wasn’t like ours; they were cruel to their own But with us, she’d be treated like a queen, a loyal faive her the life she deserved Our ar, but Sana had never been a true dadom could becohtful place once and for all

My gun was out ofacross from me, but she didn’t even flinch My heart constricted painfully at the sight of the one ally I had back home Or maybe ex-ally? Who knows?

“You thought you could just leave?” she asked, the bite in her tone hiding the hurt I kneould be there Dani had beenup, well, as best of friends as we could get with Eros around We’d had to avoid each other when he was around and keep our relationship quiet as best we could, but having an allythat ht

She had always been theher here hadto break down I’d h I hadn’t allowedany fondness with erous path to tread I couldn’t afford to let myself soften toward them at all, lest I be sucked back into the cesspool that was the Priamos

“We have so up to do, dear cousin”

“Apparently,” I said, nota muscle

“Who hit you?” she asked, tilting her head to exauard Oh yeah, the dick gota hand over the tender spot and shrugging

“How did you findher last question

“Eros, of course,” she laughed, still not giving a fuck that I had a gun trained on her She kne good my aim was, but she also kneouldn’t shoot her if I could help it That hesitation was a weakness, but if I thought she’d turned, I’d do what I had to She washer behind hadn’t been easy to do, but for once I was putting myself first Plus, if I’d told her about the deal, she would have seen right through it, knowing da back “I had to let hi as it benefits hiht?” I knehat that meant He’d told her to fuck a client to secure a deal, and knowing the kind of clients he kept, that wasn’t an e