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Heaving out another sigh, I look in the direction of the staircase “I’ up there”

She takes a step toward o, Mako,” she says hurriedly, her eyes turned feral with desperation

“I’ot us into,” I explain soothingly, resting my hand on her elbow to help calm her Her brow dips and she shoots me a nasty look

“I didn’t get you into anything, Mako”

I give her a sardonic sether, baby”

“WELL YOU LOOK LIKE a large pile of dogshit,” I co my face as I examine Ryan’s body

“Fuck you,” he spits darkly For the first time in my life, Ryan was happy to see me when I walked in That quickly went to shit when I smiled at him, teeth and all

He’s a godda on his cut up and bruised body is a pair of soiled boxer briefs Fuck, he sall his wounds

Looks like she used so fine and sharp to cut him, like a box cutter The cuts aren’t too deep, soe slash across his chest His entire torso is mottled with bruises—h for any of thereen

His foot looks like it’s set in an unnatural angle, though I don’t see bone poking through Two of his fingers on his left hand are definitely broken, co out I sers River had broken—one of theer

That’s irl

I glance at her hand, noting her casted pointer finger and then drag my eyes up to the rest of her It looks like she’s just stepped out of a boxing ring She has fresh bruises on her arms and around her neck, a cut on her brow and a fat lip All at the hands of someone who claimed to love her Her ribs and concussion are healed by now, but the lingering effects in her mind will never disappear

This woh more shit than h it her entire life I don’t think I’veto Ryan… it’s fucking insane Certifiably insane But considering what she’s been through, fuck, I can’t bla

“Please, Mako You’re a cop You’re a good cop Don’t let this bitch get aith this shit Please, letat the end

This is the first time I’ve ever seen Ryan scared Vulnerable He’s always played this tough guy act, even when he was ten and I was thirteen, newly adopted into the family It was like he felt he had to prove himself when I came in the picture Moht he wasn’t good enough for the selfish narcissist since birth There’s no changing hi him