ore sudden than the first. Then she promptly fell into a
a sheen. Unbothered as he was, he prowled from the edge of the bed to the bathro
e finished off, the gears in Damien's m
d the girl stir as he called for the person to enter, and he spared her a glance, her body expose
uickly fumbled for the covers in
instead focusing on the man
without any preamble.
trigger in him, and his
put it on, the gun in one of its inner pockets jostled against h
e any and all his boss asked. "He was spotted coming out of the
amien though
predi
ng, but that made Damien snap his head to look at him. He sul
aiting until nighttime will only give him a chance to escape.
s b
the hotel had to offer. His eyes caught the frightened look of the gi
his satisfaction grew when
is men take
eft the hotel room, brushing past his man who
.
. Another day gone, she thought to herself, her steps on th
her hair covere
was headed back home from an
herself when she was younger, but it was the only work she had been able
22 year old felt about her job had been beaten out of
did pay
tly. A woman walking towards her wearing a suit gave her a f
urning the key in her lock
d when she noticed the dirty dishes in the sink. Her
l
ai
sometimes, trying as she migh
ously served as her painting room until her brother showed
ed at the door a
looked at her with bleary ey
uck? I was sleep
ifted up a finger to point at him. "Come out right now and get those dishe
ack to the kitchen, picking up the frozen dish she got from the grocery shop for her breakfast an
her face, feeling frus
ould be this exhausting to live with she
lp and he simply wouldn't respond. Now he was the one relying o
crowave, her brother sauntered in, bare chested and his swe
shirt?" She mutt
atched him roughl
where the hell had he been for the past two years? And why did she feel like h
t she would ask hi
She asked him now, watching as
onded mom
. Yet there was an undercurr
She d
n't re
g wayward strands of h
why you came to stay with me in the firs
e rough and dangerous. She stiffened. "And if you know what
d as he slammed the door of the kitch