didn'
rway, one hand on the frame, eyes moving between me and
enerous," he said.
ty seconds ago was gone - replaced by the cold, c
f between us. Not aggressively. Just... there. A wall. "She's
sn't conc
ight to talk to my wife alone." Adrian's voice stay
s flicked to
d came up. "Don't say
e wh
she's
lway we
. Same jaw. Same eyes. But everything about them was opposite. Damian was still. Control
ot a weapon. But you already know that, don't you? You've b
rried
bough
s jaw t
her life. Her mother's medical debt. That's not a mar
ons." Adrian stepped closer. "Not after what
hat I ha
miliate
tected
m wh
e would have done to Sienna if I hadn't pushed her away. You think I wan
ave told her
have destroyed her. You know that. She's done it befo
anded like
went
did yo
fted. He realized, too
thi
an's voice was ice.
I
y i
ther. The one Helena paid off when we were three years old. T
tilted b
face we
ou know t
s steady again, but his hands were shaking. "Fath
never t
finally stopped looking at me like I was the enemy. And I-" He stopped. Swallowed. "I th
didn'
't s
only sound was the ra
drian
ible sound. B
our mother was dead. You let me grow up thinking Helena was the only parent I had.
it sur
e worse tha
ince I'd met him, I saw something raw in his face. So
a
go inside," h
ria
on the word. "I need to
t him. The
f them lo
r war. Their
" I wh
ack into th
d the
sed my e
-
. Words like mother and lies and years. Once, a crash - something hit
Adrian's voice.
w. And you're
oor o
epped ins
veled. His eyes were wet - though I could
e's D
on
ria
. Pulled a glass from the cabinet. Poured whisk
o me,"
tur
st a second - the mas
other. She's alive. And Damian kne
st tig
ria
hand. "Don't pity me
at do yo
oked
long m
om. Took my face in hi
or cameras. Not f
e tasted like whiskey and anger and something e
't pul
knew I should h
e the kiss, we were
quietly. "That
red a
this was
brushed my cheek.
ria
nsane. This whole thing is insane. But I-" He stopped. Laughed. A broken s
know wh
only thing t
n love with
ent
he no
ow
quietly. "But you'
ast me towa
d at t
turning arou
well, S
closed t
in the dark, my
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