One moved wrong?—
Dropped.
Another reached for a gun?—
Didn’t make it.
I stood there for a second.
Breathing steady.
Looking around.
Making sure nobody was alive.
Phase one completed.
Ares stepped up beside me.
Looked at the room.
Then at me.
“You feel better?”
I wiped my forehead. “Yeah.”
But it wasn’t relief.
It was something else.
I looked back at them. “This what happens when you pick a side.”
Ares nodded once. “Devon gon’ hear about this.”
“That’s the point.”
We walked out.
Back in the whip, I leaned my head back while Ares drove.
Shoulder throbbing.
Still partially deaf.
Wanting something for the pain.
But my mind?
Locked in…
CHAPTER 65
Emily
“You Came Back to Me”
Istood on my balcony in the room Yuna gave Lil Zay and me, letting the breeze roll through the room behind me. The doors were open just enough for the curtains to move, soft against the walls. Lil Zay was at my feet, pushing his little car back and forth, making quiet engine sounds like he had somewhere important to be.
